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12 And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.

13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

14 Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

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12 And having been warned(A) in a dream(B) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

The Escape to Egypt

13 When they had gone, an angel(C) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(D) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”(E)

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

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