This history question requires analysis of historical events, causes, and consequences. The detailed answer below provides context, evidence, and a well-structured explanation.
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1. (a) (i) The angel advised Hagar to return to her mistress Sarah and submit to her authority. 1. (a) (ii) One of the men declared that Sarah would have a son by the following year. 1. (a) (iii) Sarah's immediate reaction was to laugh to herself because she and Abraham were old. 1. (b) (i) Abraham was walking with them to send them on their way. 1. (b) (ii) Lot offered the two angels hospitality, inviting them to stay at his house and eat with him. 1. (c) (i) Rebecca expressed worry that Jacob might marry a Canaanite woman, which would make her life miserable, just as Esau's Hittite wives had. 1. (c) (ii) Jacob saw a ladder (or staircase) set up on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven. Angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 1. (d) (i) Jacob revealed to Rachel that he was her father Laban's relative and Rebekah's son. 1. (d) (ii) According to Genesis 29:17, Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful. 1. (d) (iii) A lesson learned is that true love requires patience and perseverance, as Jacob worked 14 years for Rachel. 2. (a) (i) The animal involved was cows (fat and thin), and the crop was grain (full and scorched heads). 2. (a) (ii) The wine steward informed the king about Joseph because Pharaoh was troubled by his dreams, and the wine steward remembered Joseph's ability to interpret dreams accurately from their time in prison. 2. (a) (iii) Joseph advised Pharaoh to appoint a discerning and wise man over Egypt to organize the collection and storage of grain during the seven years of abundance, to prepare for the coming famine. 2. (b) (i) Joseph's main role as governor during the seven years of plenty was to gather and store a vast amount of grain from the land. 2. (b) (ii) Joseph told his brothers not to be distressed or angry with themselves for selling him, as God had sent him ahead of them to preserve life. He also instructed them to bring their father Jacob and all their households to Egypt. 2. (b) (iii) Joseph performed the test action of secretly placing his silver cup in Benjamin's sack. 2. (c) (i) Moses told Jethro he wanted to go back to his relatives in Egypt to see if they were still alive. 2. (c) (ii) God instructed Aaron to go out into the wilderness to meet Moses and to be his spokesman to Pharaoh. 2. (c) (iii) Moses and Aaron told Pharaoh to allow the Israelites to move into the desert for three days to offer sacrifices to the Lord their God. 2. (c) (iv) A lesson learned from God's punishment of plagues on Egypt is that God demonstrates His supreme power and sovereignty over all creation and false gods, and that disobedience to His commands brings severe consequences. 3. (a) (i) Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 3. (a) (ii) Samuel initially went to Eli because he thought it was Eli calling him, as he was serving Eli and was accustomed to responding to him. 3. (a) (iii) One instance is that the Lord let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground; all Israel knew that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord. 3. (b) (i) The Israelites asked for a king because they wanted to be like other nations, with a king to lead them and govern them, as Samuel's sons did not follow his ways. 3. (b) (ii) The Lord told Samuel to listen to the people, for they were not rejecting Samuel, but rejecting Him (God) as their king. 3. (c) (i) Saul's son who was deeply attracted to David was Jonathan. 3. (c) (ii) The women were singing and dancing with joyful songs, tambourines, and lutes. They were also singing, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands." 3. (c) (iii) Saul instructed David to bring him 100 Philistine foreskins. David actually killed 200 Philistines and brought their foreskins to Saul. 3. (d) (i) Jonathan raised three reasons: 1. David had not wronged Saul. 2. David's actions had greatly benefited Saul and all Israel (e.g., killing Goliath). 3. Saul had seen David's great deed and rejoiced; he should not sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause. 3. (d) (ii) A lesson learned is that God protects His anointed ones, and His Spirit can override human intentions to prevent harm, even causing those who seek to do evil to act against their own will.