Matthew 2:12-22

12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way.

13Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of Adonai appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the Child, to kill Him.”

14So he got up, took the Child and His mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

15He stayed there until Herod’s death. This was to fulfill what was spoken by Adonai through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My son.”

16Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

17Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel sobbing for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

19But when Herod died, behold, an angel of Adonai appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are dead.”

21So he got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

22But hearing that Archelaus was king of Judea in place of his father Herod, he became afraid to go there. Then after being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of the Galilee.