Matthew 2:21

So Joseph got up and took the boy and his mother, and returned to the land of Israel.

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In The King James Version

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

In Context

20“Get up! Take the child and his mother, and return to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”

22But Joseph was afraid to go there after he learned that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as king of Judea. Warned in a dream, Joseph went to the Galilee area

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:20-23

Christ's Return from Egypt. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God… Read the whole commentary →

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