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

They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.

They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.

She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.