After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

So he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went off to Egypt,

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had said by the prophet: I called my Son from Egypt.

But when Herod died, there appeared an angel of the Lord in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the districts of Libya round Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Out of jealousy the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him,

rescuing him from all his troubles and allowing him to find favour for his wisdom with Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him viceroy over Egypt and over all his own household.

Now a famine came over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, attended with great misery, so that our ancestors could not find provender.

But, hearing there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors on their first visit to that country;

and Jacob went south to Egypt. When he and our ancestors died,

As the time approached for the promise God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

till another king arose to rule Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.

I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you back to Egypt.'

He it was who led them forth, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert during forty years.

But our fathers would not submit to him; they pushed him aside and hankered secretly after Egypt.

They told Aaron, 'Make gods that will march in front of us! As for this Moses who led us out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him!'

The God of this People Israel chose our fathers; he multiplied the people as they sojourned in the land of Egypt and with arm uplifted led them out of it.

Who heard and yet provoked him? Was it not all who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

on the day I took them by the hand to lead out of Egypt's land; for they would not hold to my covenant, so I let them alone, saith the Lord.

considering obloquy with the messiah to be richer wealth than all Egypt's treasures ??for he had an eye to the Reward.

It was by faith that he left Egypt, not from any fear of the king's wrath; like one who saw the King Invisible, he never flinched.

Now I want to remind you of what you are perfectly aware, that though the Lord once brought the People safe out of Egypt, he subsequently destroyed the unbelieving,

and their corpses will lie in the streets of that great City whose mystical name is Sodom and Egypt ??where their Lord also was crucified.