Thursday, December 17, 2015

A Neighbor in Egypt



Yes, they live next to me for a couple of years. That baby of theirs was such a good boy, and cute, too. Never gave His parents any trouble. They were such a nice family!
They came in unexpectedly one day. There was an empty house - that one over there, next to mine - and they were able to move in. The young mother was such a pretty thing. I could see why the man had married her. Pretty and good at taking care of things while he worked. Turned out that the husband was an excellent carpenter. You can see his work on the repair of this door.

No, they didn't stay long. Word reached us all that Herod had died, and they packed up everything and went back to their own country. Don't blame them much. There weren't many Jews in this area at that time. They were just out of place here.

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