They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter #– #that is why it was named Marah.
‘Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,’ she answered, ‘for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
They travelled from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.