So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.

Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”