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Here are the answers to the questions: SECTION ONE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES: The Patriarchs 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 (the Lord) declared that Sarah would have a son by that time next year. 1. (a) (iii) Sarah laughed to herself, thinking it was impossible for her to have a child at her old age. 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 to protect the angels. 1. (c) (i) Rebekah expressed worry that Jacob might marry a Canaanite woman, similar to Esau's wives, which made her weary of life. 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 revealed to Rachel that he was her relative, the son of Rebekah. 1. (d) (ii) According to Genesis 29:17, Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 1. (d) (iii) A lesson learned is that true love involves perseverance and sacrifice, as Jacob worked 14 years for Rachel. 2. (a) (i) The animal involved was cows (fat and lean), and the crop was ears of grain/corn (full and blighted). 2. (a) (ii) The wine steward informed the king about Joseph because Joseph had accurately interpreted his dream and the baker's dream while they were in prison. 2. (a) (iii) Joseph advised the king to appoint a discerning and wise man to oversee Egypt and to appoint overseers to collect one-fifth of the produce during the seven years of abundance. 2. (b) (i) Joseph's main role as governor was to gather and store up vast quantities of grain in the cities during the seven years of plenty, preparing for the famine. 2. (b) (ii) Joseph accused his brothers of being spies, to test them. 2. (b) (iii) Joseph had his silver cup placed in Benjamin's sack to test his brothers' loyalty and character. 2. (c) (i) Moses told Jethro he wanted to return to Egypt to see if his relatives were still alive. 2. (c) (ii) God instructed Aaron to go out into the wilderness to meet Moses. 2. (c) (iii) Moses and Aaron 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 disobedience to God 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 did not yet know the Lord and thought Eli was calling him. 3. (a) (iii) The Lord let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground, and all Israel recognized him 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 in battle and govern them. 3. (b) (ii) The Lord told Samuel to listen to the voice of the people, because they had not rejected Samuel, but they had rejected 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 and celebrating with tambourines and joyful shouts. 3. (c) (iii) Saul instructed David to bring 100 foreskins of the Philistines. David actually brought 200 foreskins of the Philistines. 3. (d) (i) Three reasons Jonathan raised were: • David had served Saul faithfully and done great things for him. • David had risked his life to kill Goliath. • It would be a sin to shed innocent blood. 3. (d) (ii) A lesson learned is that God protects His anointed ones, and human attempts to thwart God's will are futile.