1 Samuel 3:2

New American Bible - revised edition

One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.

Genesis 48:10

Now Israel’s eyes were dim from age; he could not see well. When Joseph brought his sons close to him, he kissed and embraced them.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused. “I know it, son,” he said, “I know. That one too shall become a people, and he too shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall surpass him, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

1 Kings 14:4

The wife of Jeroboam did so. She left and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see because age had dimmed his sight.

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

When the guardians of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent; When the women who grind are idle because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow blind;

1 Samuel 2:22

When Eli was very old, he kept hearing how his sons were treating all Israel, and that they were behaving promiscuously with the women serving at the entry of the meeting tent.

1 Samuel 4:15

Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes would not focus. So he could not see.