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.

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)

¹⁰ “Now then, just as the Lord promised,^(A) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved^(B) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!^{(C) 11} I am still as strong^(D) today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous^(E) to go out to battle now as I was then.

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