And he arose and took to him the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;

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

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

And rising up, he took the boy and his mother, and he went into the land of Israel.

He woke up, and taking the child and his mother, went into the Land of Israel.

And he arose and took the young child and his mother,.... He exactly conformed in every circumstance to the orders given him, with respect to the persons he took, the place he went to, and the expeditiousness of doing it; and is an example of ready and cheerful obedience to the commands of God, worthy of imitation. We may learn from hence, as well as from some other instances already met with, a reason among others, why, though Mary was a virgin, and even if she was to continue so, yet she must be espoused to Joseph as her husband; that she might have one to take care of her and her young child, and be a means, under God, of preserving, protecting, and providing for them.

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel--intending, as is plain from what follows, to return to Bethlehem of Judea, there, no doubt, to rear the Infant King, as at His own royal city, until the time should come when they would expect Him to occupy Jerusalem, "the city of the Great King."

And arose and took the young child. He obeyed as promptly as before, waiting obediently upon the Divine will.
Came into the land of Israel. This included not only Judea, but Samaria, Galilee and the country beyond the Jordan. The part first reached by Joseph on his return would be Judea.