Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed because he couldn't see.
Isaac was old and going blind. He called for Esau, his oldest son, and said, “My son.” “I'm here,” Esau replied.
Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She got up and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Ahijah could not see—he had become blind because of his age.
We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.
One evening, Eli had gone to bed in his room. His eyes were now so weak that he couldn't see.
Eli heard the crying and asked, “What's all this noise?” The man rushed over to Eli and told him what had happened.