When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the infant and his mother, flee into Egypt, and don't stir thence till I order you, for Herod will endeavour to have the child destroy'd. Joseph therefore arose,

Now the manner of Christ's birth was this: his mother Mary being promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she became pregnant by the holy Spirit.

In the evening a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was Jesus's disciple,

Jacob father of Joseph the husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

but Joseph her husband, being a good-natur'd man, and unwilling to expose her to publick shame, he designed to put her away privately.

but while he was revolving this in his mind, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, the off-spring of David, don't make any difficulty of taking Mary for thy wife: for her pregnancy is from the holy Spirit.

Then Joseph being awak'd out of sleep, did as the angel of the Lord directed, and took his wife home,

But after the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,