Egypt
Debated~200 km
- Modern identification
- Representative point at Cairo · Egypt
- Coordinates
- 30.0444, 31.2357
Matthew names Egypt but gives no route or town. Cairo is used only as a country-level map representative.
What happened at Egypt
- The child Jesus carried to egypt, and the children at Bethlehem slain
Matthew 2:13-18
The departure point is Bethlehem; Matthew gives no Egyptian town or route. The identification of Bethlehem is secure at settlement level; event-level buildings remain traditional.
- The child brought from egypt to Nazareth
Matthew 2:19-23; Luke 2:39
The return ends in Nazareth; the Egyptian origin remains unspecified. Widely accepted identification of ancient Nazareth within the modern city.