Bethlehem was where Jesus was born. Mary and Joseph traveled there to take part in a nationwide census. Shortly after Jesus was born, the family traveled back home to Nazareth.
Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem from Nazareth (in the north - in the region of Galilee) when Mary was pregnant. Jesus was then born in Bethlehem. The family settled there for two years or more and then returned to nazareth where Jesus grew up. The only other record we have of his childhood was when Mary and Joseph took him on a visit to Jerusalem (NOT Bethlehem) when he was 12 years old.
In Matthew's Gospel, Joseph, Mary and Jesus were returning to their family home in Bethlehem after the death of Herod, when God appeared to Joseph in a dream and told them to turn aside and go to Galilee, where they settled in Nazareth.
They took him to Jerusalem. Please read all about it in Luke 2 and vs.41 t0 52. And particularly v.42 - "And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast."
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary went to the Temple for Mary's purification, then travelled straight back to Nazareth in Galilee.
God warned Joseph in a dream to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod.
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to Mary. When Mary became pregnant with Jesus through the Holy Spirit, Joseph initially planned to divorce her quietly. However, an angel appeared to him in a dream, explaining the divine nature of Jesus' conception and instructing Joseph to take Mary as his wife. Joseph obeyed, fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.
It took Mary and Joseph a total of three days to locate Jesus in the temple.
Joseph was warned in a dream to take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt untill he hears from God again. (Matthew 2.13) So "the holy family" that fled to Egypt, were Joseph and Mary and Jesus.
Neither Mary or Joseph took any pigeons to the temple.
Joseph and Mary fled with the baby Jesus to Egypt, as the angel told Joseph to flee as the king Herod wanted to kill all the babies.
Joseph was told in a dream that he should take the mother and child into Egypt where they remained until after the death of King Herrod.