1 Samuel 3:2
Good News Translation
One night Eli, who was now almost blind, was sleeping in his own room;

New Revised Standard Version
At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room;

New American Bible
One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:

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And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:

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1 Samuel 2:22 Now Heli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel: and how they lay with the women that waited at the door of the tabernacle:

1 Samuel 4:15 Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

Genesis 27:1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 48:19 But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become a people, and shall be multiplied; but his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall grow into nations.

Psalm 90:10 The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

Ecclesiastes 12:3 When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:

Context
The LORD Calls Samuel
1Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision. 2And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:3Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.…
Cross References
Genesis 27:1
Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 48:10
For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them,

1 Samuel 4:15
Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

1 Kings 14:4
Jeroboam's wife did as he told her: and rising up, went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias; but he could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age.

Ecclesiastes 12:3
When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:

1 Samuel 3:1
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