And having been divinely warned and instructed in a dream not to return to Herod—God protecting the Child from danger—they departed and returned to their own country by another route, avoiding Jerusalem.
Now, after they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph with urgent instructions, saying, “Rise quickly, take the Child and His mother, and flee immediately to Egypt, and stay there in safety until I speak to you again. For Herod is about to search for the Child to destroy Him.”