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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
And it chanced at that time, that Eli lay in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see.
Psalm 90:10
The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

And his eyes

Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."