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Now when they had gone, behold, an ^(C1)angel of the Lord ^(*)(C2)appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him."

So ^(F1)Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.

He ^(F1)stayed there until the death of Herod; this happened so that what had been spoken by the Lord through ^(F2)the prophet would be fulfilled: "^(C1)OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED ^(C2)MY SON."

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by ^(C1)the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and ^(C2)killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity ^(F1)who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

"^(C1)A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE."

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord ^(*)(C1)appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

"Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child's life are dead."

So ^(F1)Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being ^(C1)warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

and came and settled in a city called ^(C1)Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a ^(C2)Nazarene."