¹⁰ Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.^(A) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them^(B) and embraced them.^(C)

²⁷ So he went to him and kissed^(A) him^(B). When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,^(C) he blessed him and said,

27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,^(A) he called for Esau his older son^(B) and said to him, “My son.”

“Here I am,” he answered.

Sin, Confession and Redemption

²⁰ Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”^(A) he said, “and then I will come with you.”

“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

¹⁵ who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes^(A) had failed so that he could not see.

² One night Eli, whose eyes^(A) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,^(B) was lying down in his usual place.

¹⁵ And he kissed^(A) all his brothers and wept over them.^(B) Afterward his brothers talked with him.^(C)