“Take the Young Child and His Mother, and Flee into Egypt”
Matthew 2:13–15
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he 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 of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Elder LeGrand Richards wrote:
“The Prophet Hosea foretold that the Lord would call His Son out of Egypt:
“‘When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt’ (Hosea 11:1).
“Concerning the fulfillment of this prophecy, we read:
“‘And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
“‘When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
“‘And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son’ [Matthew 2:13–15].”
(Israel! Do You Know? [1954], 88–89.)
