² And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow ^(A)so dim that he could not see,

¹⁵ Eli was ninety-eight years old, and ^(A)his eyes were so ^[a]dim that he could not see.

Isaac Blesses Jacob

27 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was ^(A)old and ^(B)his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered him, “Here I am.”

Prophecy Against Eli’s Household

²² Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, ^[a]and how they lay with ^(A)the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

¹⁹ But his father refused and said, ^(A)“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly ^(B)his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

¹⁰ Now ^(A)the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he ^(B)kissed them and embraced them.