23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[a](A))

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  1. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter.

20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[b] because the Almighty[c](A) has made my life very bitter.(B)

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  1. Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
  2. Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
  3. Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21

They left Pi Hahiroth[a](A) and passed through the sea(B) into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.(C)

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  1. Numbers 33:8 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text left from before Hahiroth

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