Matthew 2:21
New International Version
So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

New Living Translation
So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.

English Standard Version
And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

Berean Literal Bible
And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

King James Bible
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

New King James Version
Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

NASB 1995
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

NASB 1977
And he arose and took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Amplified Bible
Then Joseph got up, and took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
So he got up, took the child and his mother, and entered the land of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he got up, took the child and His mother, and entered the land of Israel.

American Standard Version
And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yoseph arose, took The Boy and his mother, and came to the land of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph got up and left with them for Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

English Revised Version
And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to Israel.

Good News Translation
So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went back to Israel.

International Standard Version
So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.

Literal Standard Version
And he, having risen, took the Child and His mother, and came to the land of Israel,

Majority Standard Bible
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

New American Bible
He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

NET Bible
So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

New Heart English Bible
And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Weymouth New Testament
So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

World English Bible
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Return to Nazareth
20“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.” 21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,…

Cross References
Matthew 2:20
"Get up!" he said. "Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child's life are now dead."

Matthew 2:22
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,


Treasury of Scripture

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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Matthew 2
1. The wise men from the east enquire after Jesus;
3. at which Herod is alarmed.
9. They are directed by a star to Bethlehem, worship him, and offer their presents.
13. Joseph flees into Egypt with Jesus and his mother.
16. Herod slays the children;
20. himself dies.
23. Jesus is brought back again into Galilee to Nazareth.














Verse 21. - And he arose, and took the young Child and his mother (so far verbally equivalent to ver. 14), and came into the land of Israel. Implicit and immediate obedience marking all he did.'

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Joseph] got up,
ἐγερθεὶς (egertheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

took
παρέλαβεν (parelaben)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3880: From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Child
παιδίον (paidion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3813: Neuter diminutive of pais; a childling, i.e., an infant, or a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

mother,
μητέρα (mētera)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

went
εἰσῆλθεν (eisēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

[the] land
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

of Israel.
Ἰσραήλ (Israēl)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants.


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