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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
It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
Psalm 90:10
The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

And his eyes

Genesis 27:1
It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."