Verse 15

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, so he could not see.

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  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 One day, Eli was lying in his usual place. His eyesight had begun to grow dim, so he could not see well.
  • 1 Kgs 14:4 : 4 Jeroboam's wife did as he said: she arose, went to Shiloh, and arrived at the house of Ahijah. Now, Ahijah could no longer see because his eyes had grown dim due to his age.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The span of our life is seventy years—or eighty, if we have strength; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.'