Genesis 48:10

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Israel’s eyesight was failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Israel hugged them and kissed them.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and going blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “Son!” Esau answered, “Here I am.”

Genesis 27:27

He went over and gave him a kiss. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said, “The smell of my son is like the smell of open country that the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 31:55

Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban left and went back home.

Genesis 45:15

He kissed all his brothers and cried with them. After that his brothers talked with him.

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your sons.”

Genesis 48:8

When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are they?”

1 Kings 19:20

So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye. Then I will follow you.” “Go back,” Elijah answered him. “I’m not stopping you.”

Ecclesiastes 12:3

Remember your Creator when those who guard the house tremble, strong men are stooped over, the women at the mill stop grinding because there are so few of them, ⌞and⌟ those who look out of the windows see a dim light.

Isaiah 59:1

The Lord is not too weak to save or his ear too deaf to hear.

Isaiah 6:10

Make these people close-minded. Plug their ears. Shut their eyes. Otherwise, they may see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, and return and be healed.”

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight never became poor, and he never lost his physical strength.

1 Samuel 3:2

One night Eli was lying down in his room. His eyesight had begun to fail so that he couldn’t see well.

1 Samuel 4:15

(Eli was 98 years old, and his eyesight had failed so that he couldn’t see.)