CHAPTER 7 Ismael's family to live in the wilderness, Lehi's sons to marry

Chapter 7

62. What is the minimum possible number of people that could have been in Lehi's Colony?

1 Nephi 7 (Verse 6) 1 Nephi 2:5 and 1 Nephi 4:35 I came up with 16+, but I could be wrong.

63. I skipped this question because it is confusing to me to answer. The question was how many unmarried daughters did Ishmael have. I believe it is 5 (verse 6)

64. Nephi discovered early in his career the singular fact about God that ''He giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.'' (1 Nephi 3:7)

Explain how the Lord had prepared the way for Nephi and his brothers to convince Ishmael's family to forsake everything they had in Jerusalem for a life in the desert. Specifically(a) what remarkable event occurred earlier that seemingly by coincidence now provided Nephi and his brothers with an unanswerable argument that the Lord was behind the venture

1 Nephi 3:29

29. And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

and (b) what occurred earlier that seemingly by coincidence answered the problem of marriage for Ishmael's unmarried children

1 Nephi 4:35?

35. And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake. Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father. Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from that time forth. I don't get this scripture in reference to Ishmael's family so I put in a search and here is the scripture I found on Ishmael's family

1Nephi 7:2

2. And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I, Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem, and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.

God would deliver Laban unto them so they could get the Brass Plates. God sent an angel who spoke unto them. The Lord spake unto Lehi and told him that he needed to have his sons and daughters to marry. Nephi and his brothers were to go to Jerusalem and get Ishmael's family. Ishmael's heart was softened and his family also and they came into the wilderness.