And when they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Rise and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there, untill I tell thee to return: for Herod will seek the child to destroy Him.

And he arose and took the child and his mother by night, and went away into Egypt:

and stayed there till the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spake by the prophet, saying, " Out of Egypt have I called my Son."

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers from Rome, Jews and proselytes,

And the patriarchs, envying him, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt, and over all his houshold.

And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers could not find sustenance.

But Jacob hearing that there was corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first:

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died there, he and our fathers:

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

I have seen the oppression of my people that are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. Therefore come now, and I will send thee into Egypt."

And he brought them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.

To whom our fathers would not be subject, but renounced him, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days,

---The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and raised the people, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with mighty power brought them out of it.

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." For some that heard did provoke; but not all that came out of Egypt with Moses.

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the recompence of reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he continued firm as seeing Him who is invisible.

But I would remind you of this, which ye know already, that though the Lord saved the people out of the land of Egypt, yet He afterwards destroyed those that believed not:

And their dead bodies shall fall in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.