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Egypt

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The great kingdom of the Nile, and the nation whose story runs through the Old Testament — refuge in famine for Abraham and for Jacob's family, then the house of slavery from which Israel was delivered at the exodus. In the New Testament it is where Joseph and Mary took the infant Jesus to escape Herod (Genesis 12; Exodus 1-14; Matthew 2:13-15).

Where in scripture

[1] Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. [2] I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing. [3] I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treates you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” [4] So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. [5] Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12 — opening verses — cited in the description of Egypt

[13] Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” [14] He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, [15] and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Matthew 2:13–15 — cited in the description of Egypt

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Genesis 12Exodus 1–14Matthew 2:13–15

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