Exodus 15:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.

Cross References

Numbers 33:8

They left Pi-Hahiroth, crossed the Red Sea, then walked three days into the Etham Desert and camped at Marah.

Ruth 1:20

Then she told them, “Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.