²³ When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.{Marah means bitter.}

⁸ They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

²⁰ She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.