Mat 2:13-15, Rev 12:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Now when they had departed , behold , 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 .

a ver. 19; ch. 1:20; [ver. 12, 22]

bSee ch. 1:22

cCited from Hos. 11:1

dSee ch. 8:7

e Dan. 8:10

f[Matt. 2:16]

g Matt. 2:6; See ch. 2:27

hSee 2 Cor. 12:2

Matthew 2:13-15

The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, ^aan 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. ^bThis was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ^c“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Revelation of John 12:4-5

4 His tail swept down ^da third of the stars of heaven and ^ecast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child ^fhe might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, ^gone who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was ^hcaught up to God and to his throne,