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Ge 27:1 Strong Concordance And it came to pass [01961], that when Isaac [03327] was old [02204], and his eyes [05869] were dim [03543], so that he could not see [07200], he called [07121] Esau [06215] his eldest [01419] son [01121], and said [0559] unto him, My son [01121]: and he said [0559] unto him, Behold, here am I.
  King James And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
INFIRMITY OF ISAAC. (Gen. 27:1-27)

when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim--He was in his hundred thirty-seventh year; and apprehending death to be near, Isaac prepared to make his last will--an act of the gravest importance, especially as it included the conveyance through a prophetic spirit of the patriarchal blessing.
 
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28 And Isaac [03327] loved [0157] Esau [06215], because he did eat [06310] of his venison [06718]: but Rebekah [07259] loved [0157] Jacob [03290].
28 And the days [03117] of Isaac [03327] were an hundred [03967] [08141] and fourscore [08084] years [08141].
27 Fulfil [04390] her [02063] week [07620], and we will give [05414] thee this also for the service [05656] which thou shalt serve [05647] with me yet seven [07651] other [0312] years [08141].
21 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto Laban [03837], Give [03051] me my wife [0802], for my days [03117] are fulfilled [04390], that I may go in [0935] unto her.
18 And Jacob [03290] loved [0157] Rachel [07354]; and said [0559], I will serve [05647] thee seven [07651] years [08141] for Rachel [07354] thy younger [06996] daughter [01323].
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel [07354] had born [03205] Joseph [03130], that Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto Laban [03837], Send me away [07971], that I may go [03212] unto mine own place [04725], and to my country [0776].
9 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto Pharaoh [06547], The days [03117] of the years [08141] of my pilgrimage [04033] are an hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] years [08141]: few [04592] and evil [07451] have the days [03117] of the years [08141] of my life [02416] been, and have not attained [05381] unto the days [03117] of the years [08141] of the life [02416] of my fathers [01] in the days [03117] of their pilgrimage [04033].
6 For these two years [08141] hath the famine [07458] been in [07130] the land [0776]: and yet there are five [02568] years [08141], in the which there shall neither [0369] be earing [02758] nor harvest [07105].
46 And Joseph [03130] was thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] when he stood [05975] before [06440] Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714]. And Joseph [03130] went out [03318] from the presence [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and went throughout [05674] all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
2 And Sarai [08297] said [0559] unto Abram [087], Behold now, the LORD [03068] hath restrained me [06113] from bearing [03205]: I pray thee, go in [0935] unto my maid [08198]; it may [0194] be that I may obtain children [01129] by her. And Abram [087] hearkened [08085] to the voice [06963] of Sarai [08297].
27 And Jacob [03290] came [0935] unto Isaac [03327] his father [01] unto Mamre [04471], unto the city of Arbah [07153], which is Hebron [02275], where Abraham [085] and Isaac [03327] sojourned [01481].
28 And the days [03117] of Isaac [03327] were an hundred [03967] [08141] and fourscore [08084] years [08141].
29 And Isaac [03327] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971], being old [02205] and full [07649] of days [03117]: and his sons [01121] Esau [06215] and Jacob [03290] buried [06912] him.
55 And early [07925] in the morning [01242] Laban [03837] rose up [07925], and kissed [05401] his sons [01121] and his daughters [01323], and blessed [01288] them: and Laban [03837] departed [03212], and returned [07725] unto his place [04725].