Verse 23
Exodus 15:23
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
23
And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara, because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ מָרָ֔תָ/ה וְ/לֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לִ/שְׁתֹּ֥ת מַ֨יִם֙ מִ/מָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא שְׁמָ֖/הּ מָרָֽה
English Translation
And they came to Marah, and they could not drink water from Marah because it was bitter; therefore, it was named Marah.
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