That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
The water from above gathered into a big pile far from the city called Adam, near Zaretan. The water that went to the flat area's salty sea didn't make it and stopped. People then crossed the river close to Jericho.