Word of the Day - 6/12/2008

Amaurosis

Amaurosis is partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.

Jacob took advantage of his father Isaac's amaurosis to steal his brother's blessing. (Genesis 27)

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am." (Genesis 27:1, NASB)