Egypt in the Bible

Meaning: that troubles or oppresses; anguish

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And being warned of God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they went back into their own country another way. And when they were gone back, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there till I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.






































































And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.





























By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.





































that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.



And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.








































































































Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance.

























Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked off unto the recompence of reward.








































And when they were gone back, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there till I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt, And continued there till the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. read more.
Then Herod, seeing that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sending forth, slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the confines thereof, from two years old and under; according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life.















And their dead bodies shall be in the street of the great city, which is called spiritual Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified,






And God spake thus: That his seed should sojourn in a strange land, (and they will inslave them and treat them evil) four hundred years.

And this I say, the covenant which was before confirmed of God through Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of no effect.