1 Samuel 3:2

Good News Translation

One night Eli, who was now almost blind, was sleeping in his own room;

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

Isaac was now old and had become blind. He sent for his older son Esau and said to him, “Son!” “Yes,” he answered.

Genesis 48:10

Jacob's eyesight was failing because of his age, and he could not see very well. Joseph brought the boys to him, and he hugged them and kissed them.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused, saying, “I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations.”

1 Kings 14:4

So she went to Ahijah's home in Shiloh. Old age had made Ahijah blind.

Psalm 90:10

Seventy years is all we have— eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

Then your arms, that have protected you, will tremble, and your legs, now strong, will grow weak. Your teeth will be too few to chew your food, and your eyes too dim to see clearly.

1 Samuel 2:22

Eli was now very old. He kept hearing about everything his sons were doing to the Israelites and that they were even sleeping with the women who worked at the entrance to the Tent of the Lord's presence.

1 Samuel 4:15

Eli was now ninety-eight years old and almost completely blind.)