Footnote 2 – Red Sea or Reed Sea?

The Revised Standard Version and the New American Bible are examples of Bibles containing this annotation. The New English Bible gives Sea of Reeds as an alternative translation. The editors of the New International Version append a corrective note at each occurrence: “Hebrew Yam Suph; that is, Sea of Reeds.” The New Jewish Publication Society translation and The Jerusalem Bible both translate yam sûp as “the Sea of Reeds.”