И было в то время, когда Илий лежал на своём месте, — глаза же его начали смежаться, и он не мог видеть, —
One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.
At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.
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),
One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see,
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),