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Exodus 15:23

Marah

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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.

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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BSB
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
KJV
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.
WEB
When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.
BLB
And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter. (Upon thus its name was called Marah.)
ÅB
Så kom de til Mara; men de kunne ikke drikke vannet i Mara fordi det var beskt; derfor ble stedet kalt Mara[^1].
OTB
Da de nådde Mara, kunne de ikke drikke vannet der fordi det var bittert. (Det er derfor stedet kalles Mara.)
B1930
Så kom de til Mara; men de kunde ikke drikke vannet i Mara fordi det var beskt; derfor blev stedet kalt Mara. / < beskhet.>

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  • Ruth 1:20

    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

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  • Numbers 33:8

    And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

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