And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'

Red are eyes with wine, And white are teeth with milk!

And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

'And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus,

'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,