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Flight into Egypt (disambiguation)

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The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13-23), in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod's plan to kill the infants of that area. The phrase also refers to a number of works depicting this event: