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We know these:

* The rich man is in torment.

* The place is called Hades.

* The rich man is conscious.

* His requests were all denied.

You didn’t read the link. It addresses every single one of your questions, in spades, but I posted your list because actually we know a LOT more than that as outlined in the article I posted. Here is the author’s list:

THE RICH MAN

He was RICH ... Ver 19
He wore PURPLE & CAMBRIC ... Ver 19
He made MERRY (Gk: cheerful, & glad) SPLENDIDLY [like Angels-Acts 10:30] DAILY ... Ver 19
He had a nice HOUSE (”his gate”) Ver 20
He gave Lazarus FOOD [Gk. psichion, “a particle of food left over”-scraps] Ver 21 He DIED and was [Gk. entombed] Ver 22
He lifts up his eyes in [Gk. hades “the UNSEEN or IMPERCEPTIBLE] Ver 23
He is in TORMENTS ... Ver 22
He’s ALIVE with a BODY, “eyes,’ Ver 23
He desires a drop of WATER ... Ver 24
In life he got GOOD things ... Ver 25
He is respectful toward authority (”FATHER Abraham”) Ver 24
He was TORMENTED ... Ver 25
He could not cross the GULF ... Ver 26
Exhibits LOVE toward his family even while in torment (”I have five brothers”) Ver 28
PLEADS for their welfare (”Nay..”) Ver 30

LAZARUS

He was POOR ... Ver 20
Probably CRIPPLED (”was laid”) Ver 20
DISEASED (”full of sores”) Ver 20
HUNGRY (”desiring to be fed”) Ver 21
He DIED Ver 22
Is “carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom” Ver 22

He’s ALIVE with a BODY, “finger “Ver 24
In life he got EVIL things ... Ver 25
Was COMFORTED [Gk. parakaleo = “to comfort when in distress”] Ver. 25
He could not cross the GULF ... Ver 26