Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Matthew 2:13-15
The other day I was reflecting on this passage of scripture and I realized how fast Joseph got up and left after being warned through a dream that he needed to.
He left without hesitation in a time that the roads weren’t safe - they aren’t safe now either, but riding in a car is much safer than walking or by donkey.