Thematic Bible: From old age
Thematic Bible
Blindness » From old age
And it happened [that] when Isaac [was] old and {his eyesight was weak}, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I [am]."
Now the eyes of Israel were dim on account of old age; he was not able to see. So he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
{And then} one day when Eli was lying in his place (now his eyes had begun [to grow] weak so that he was not able to see)
Now Eli [was] {ninety-eight years old} and his eyes {stayed fixed ahead} and he was not able to see.
When the guards of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent; the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows see dimly.