When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
And they set out from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they went a three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.