Ok, the title is a little sarcastic, and I actually like the fact that an Israeli doctor took the time to consider what might have physically happened to those three men from the Old Testament.
I was looking up something else and I came across “What Diseases of the Eyes Affected Biblical Men?” in the 2002 edition of the journal Gerontology. Unfortunately I can’t provide a link to that article.
Dr. Ben-Noun’s conclusion:
It is more likely that either mature cataract, or age-related macular degeneration, or asymptomatic open-angle glaucoma, or ischemic optic neuropathy or optic nerve atrophy were associated with visual loss. Corneal ulceration or scarring can also be considered. Hereditary causes of optic nerve atrophy and retinal degeneration can be excluded.
In other words, they were getting older and their eyesight was failing.
As we get older, the opportunity for disability also increases, and increases substantially. God knows that, and even in the lives of those men he used their failing sight to orchestrate very important things. So it is good to hang onto his word:
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26
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