It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well)
There are many indications in the movie that the character Eli was indeed blind.
In "The Book of Eli," Denzel Washington's character, Eli, is not blind. He portrays a man on a quest to protect a powerful book in a post-apocalyptic world. While he may act in ways that suggest blindness at times, it is later revealed that he is not blind.
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Yes, according to the Bible, Eli the priest went blind in his old age.
The name of the blind prophet is Tiresias.
Eli
Odysseus meets the blind Theban prophet Tiresius in Hades.
The blind prophet that Odysseus meets in the Underworld is Tiresias.
The name of the blind prophet in sophocles' oedipus rex is teiresias.
The prophet Elisha
Eli is a man's name; Eli Whitney was a man.
A Blind Prophet