1 Samuel 3:2

Modern English Version

At that time, Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow weak that he could not see),

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

1 Kings 14:4

Jeroboam’s wife did so and arose and went to Shiloh, to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for in his old age he had gone blind.

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are seventy, or even, by reason of strength, eighty; yet their span is but toil and sorrow; they soon pass away, and we fly away.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

in the day when those watching the house tremble, and the strong men are bent over, and the grinding teeth cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows have dimmed eyes;

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, even that they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see.