The Scriptures 1998

Matthew 2:12-19 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

12. And having been warned in a dream that they should not return to Herodes, they departed for their own country by another way.

13. And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

14. And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,

15. and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.”

16. Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕyth Leḥem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learnt from the Magi.

17. Then was filled what was spoken by Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying,

18. “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping, and great mourning – Raḥĕl weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they were no more.”

19. And Herodes having died, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared in a dream to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim,