And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

And journeying on from before Hahiroth, they went through the sea into the waste land: they went three days' journey through the waste land of Etham and put up their tents in Marah.

And from Marah they went on to Elim: and in Elim there were twelve water-springs and seventy palm-trees; and they put up their tents there.

And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).