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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 15 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.