Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

And his eyes

Bible References

Ninety

1 Samuel 3:2
One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his room.
Psalm 90:10
Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

And his eyes

Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

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