Genesis 48:10

Good News Translation

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.

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 27:27

As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes—so he gave him his blessing. He said, “The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed.

Genesis 31:55

Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters good-bye, and left to go back home.

Genesis 45:15

Then, still weeping, he embraced each of his brothers and kissed them. After that, his brothers began to talk with him.

Genesis 48:11

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

Genesis 48:8

When Jacob saw Joseph's sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?”

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you.” Elijah answered, “All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!”

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.

Isaiah 59:1

Don't think that the Lord is too weak to save you or too deaf to hear your call for help!

Isaiah 6:10

Then he said to me, “Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed.”

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; he was as strong as ever, and his eyesight was still good.

1 Samuel 3:2

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

1 Samuel 4:15

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