Provide the answers to the following questions regarding biblical narratives: 1(a)-(d) and 2(a).

Here are the answers to your questions: 1. (a) (i) The angel advised Hagar to return to her mistress Sarai and submit to her authority. 1. (a) (ii) One of the men declared that Sarah would have a son by the same time the following year. 1. (a) (iii) Sarah laughed to herself, thinking it was impossible because she and Abraham were old. 1. (b) (i) Abraham was walking with the men to send them on their way. 1. (b) (ii) Lot offered his two virgin daughters to the men of Sodom. 1. (c) (i) Rebekah was weary of her life because of the Hittite women (Canaanite women) Esau had married, and she did not want Jacob to marry one. 1. (c) (ii) Jacob saw a ladder (or staircase) set up on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 1. (d) (i) Jacob rolled the stone from the well's mouth, watered Laban's flock, kissed Rachel, and told her he was her father's relative, Rebekah's son. 1. (d) (ii) Leah's eyes were weak (or tender), but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 1. (d) (iii) A lesson learned is that true love can endure hardship and long waiting periods. 2. (a) (i) The animal involved was cows (fat and lean), and the crop involved was grain (full and blighted ears of corn). 2. (a) (ii) The wine steward remembered Joseph because Joseph had correctly interpreted his dream and the baker's dream while they were in prison. 2. (a) (iii) Joseph advised Pharaoh to appoint a discerning and wise man over the land of Egypt to gather and store food during the seven years of abundance. 2. (b) (i) Joseph's main role was to gather and store all the food from the seven years of plenty in the cities, to be kept as a reserve for the seven years of famine. 2. (b) (ii) Joseph accused his brothers of being spies. 2. (b) (iii) Joseph had his silver cup secretly placed 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 into the wilderness to meet Moses. 2. (c) (iii) They told Pharaoh to let the Israelites go into the desert for three days to offer sacrifices to the Lord their God. 2. (c) (iv) A lesson learned is that God demonstrates His supreme power and sovereignty, 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 Eli was calling him. 3. (a) (iii) The Lord let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground, and all Israel knew that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord. 3. (b) (i) The Israelites wanted a king to be like all the other nations, to judge them, and to go out before them and fight their battles. 3. (b) (ii) The Lord told Samuel to listen to the voice of the people, for they had not rejected Samuel, but they had rejected Him (God) from being king over them. 3. (c) (i) Saul's son who was deeply attracted to David was Jonathan. 3. (c) (ii) The women were: • Singing and dancing. • Playing tambourines and lyres. 3. (c) (iii) Saul instructed David to bring him 100 foreskins of the Philistines. David actually killed 200 Philistines and brought their foreskins to Saul. 3. (d) (i) Jonathan's reasons were: • David had not wronged Saul. • David's deeds had been very beneficial to Saul (e.g., killing Goliath). • David risked his life, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel, which made Saul rejoice. 3. (d) (ii) A lesson learned is that God protects His anointed ones. Even when people try to harm them, God can intervene in unexpected ways, causing the attackers to prophesy instead of carrying out their harmful intentions.