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Exodus 15:23

WEB

23When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

KJV

23¶ And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

BSB

23And when they came to Marah,[+] they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

FBV

23When they arrived at Marah, the water there was too bitter to drink. (That's why the place is called Marah.)

Related Resources

Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject

Extra References

Ruth 1:20

20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi.[+] Call me Mara,[+] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Numbers 33:8

8They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.