1 Samuel 3:2
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2 One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.
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1 Samuel 4:15
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15 who was ninety-eight years old and blind.
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Genesis 27:1
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Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing
27 One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
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Ecclesiastes 12:3
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3 Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.
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Psalm 90:10
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10 Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
soon they disappear, and we fly away.
1 Samuel 2:22
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22 Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[a]
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- 2:22 Hebrew Tent of Meeting. Some manuscripts lack this entire sentence.
Genesis 48:19
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19 But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
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Genesis 48:10
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10 Jacob was half blind because of his age and could hardly see. So Joseph brought the boys close to him, and Jacob kissed and embraced them.
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