Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Egypt » Often a refuge to strangers
Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they set out to their own country by another route. After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."