What are the answers to questions 1(a)(i) through 2(a)(ii) concerning the Hebrew scriptures, patriarchs, and Joseph?

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 declared that Sarah would have a son by the same time next year. 1. (a) (iii) Sarah laughed to herself because she was old and past childbearing age. 1. (b) (i) Abraham was walking with them to send them on their way. 1. (b) (ii) Lot offered his two virgin daughters to the men of Sodom instead of the angels. 1. (c) (i) Rebekah was weary of her life because of Esau's Hittite wives and feared that Jacob would also marry a Canaanite woman. 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 wept aloud. He then told her he was her father's relative, Rebekah's son. 1. (d) (ii) Leah had weak eyes, while Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 1. (d) (iii) A lesson learned is that true love can endure long periods of waiting and hardship. 2. (a) (i) The animal involved was cows (fat and lean), and the crop was grain/ears of corn (full and thin). 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 collect and store a fifth of the produce of the land during the seven years of abundance. 2. (b) (ii) Joseph revealed his identity, reassured them that God had sent him ahead to preserve life, and instructed them to bring their father and all their households to Egypt. 2. (b) (iii) Joseph had his silver cup placed in Benjamin's sack and then accused his brothers of theft. 2. (c) (i) Moses told Jethro he wanted to go back 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) They told Pharaoh to let the Israelites go so they could hold a festival to the Lord and offer sacrifices to Him in the desert. 2. (c) (iv) A lesson learned is that God demonstrates His supreme power and sovereignty over all creation and nations, protecting His people and punishing their oppressors. 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, nor had the word of the Lord been revealed to him, so he thought Eli was calling him. 3. (a) (iii) The Lord was with Samuel, and He let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground, so all Israel knew he was a prophet. 3. (b) (i) The Israelites wanted a king like all the other nations to govern them and lead them in battle. 3. (b) (ii) The Lord told Samuel to listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 4. (c) (i) Saul's son who was deeply attracted to David was Jonathan. 4. (c) (ii) The women were singing and dancing, with joyful songs, tambourines, and lutes. 4. (c) (iii) Saul instructed David to bring one hundred Philistine foreskins. David actually brought two hundred Philistine foreskins. 4. (d) (i) Jonathan's reasons were: • David has not wronged you (Saul). • David's actions have greatly benefited you (Saul) and all Israel (by killing Goliath). • Saul rejoiced when David killed Goliath, so he should not sin against innocent blood. 4. (d) (ii) A lesson learned is that God protects His anointed ones, and He can supernaturally intervene to thwart human plans to harm them, demonstrating His ultimate control.