The Flight to Egypt

Matthew 2

¹³ Now when they had departed, behold, _x an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." ¹⁴ And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt ¹⁵ and remained there until the death of Herod. _y This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, _z "Out of Egypt I called my son."

1. Cross References
   Matthew 2:19
   But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
   Matthew 1:20
   But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
   Matthew 2:12
   And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
   Matthew 2:22
   But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 1:22
   All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
   
3. Cross References
   Hosea 11:1
   When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
   
4. Cross References
   Hosea 11:1
   When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.