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Now when they had departed ,
behold ,
an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said , "
Rise ,
take the child and his mother ,
and flee to Egypt ,
and remain there till I tell you ;
for Herod is about to search for the child ,
to destroy him ."
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And he rose and took the child and his mother by night ,
and departed to Egypt ,
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and remained there until the death of Herod .
This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet , "
Out of Egypt have I called my son ."
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Then Herod ,
when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men ,
was in a furious rage ,
and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under ,
according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men .
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Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah :
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A voice was heard in Ramah ,
wailing and loud lamentation ,
Rachel weeping for her children ;
she refused to be consoled ,
because they were no more ."