Genesis: Chapter Ten

So now we will look at some family history

Of the sons of Noah, listen up for this is no mystery

Let’s start with Japheth and the sons he had

Seven names we can to this line add

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,

But wait there is even more in their clan

We add Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras and together they all be

Their names all added to the family tree

The sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, three

Their names all added to the family tree

The sons of Javan; Elishah, Tarshish, that’s half of them

There are two more to add to their anthem

The Kittites and the Rodanites they be

Their names all added to the family tree

(From  these the maritime peoples did go out into their land

By their own individual clans

Each had their own nation, each their own tongue

They all ended up in places far flung.)

The sons of Ham; Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan they be

Their names all added to the family tree

The sons of Cush; Seba, Havilah, Sabtah

That’s three so far

Two more make five, Raamah and Sabteka they be

Their names all added to the family tree

The sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan they be

Their names both added to the family tree

So this dude Cush had himself a son

His name was Nimrod, and he was the one

A mighty warrior before the Lord, this ain't no bluff

No my friend, he was heaps tough

People talked about him -  hear the word

That’s the guy who’s a mighty hunter before the Lord

He had a great kingdom,

A stretching dominion

In it were Babylon, Uruk, Akked and Kalnar in Shinar

Places that were here, there, near and far

From there he went down to Assyria, to build some more

Ain't no stopping him, crashing through any door

He built Ninevah, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen

It’s between Ninevah and Caleh, no messing

It’s called the great city

That’s not just a ditty

Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites

That’s just the beginning of their might

There was then the Naphtuhites, Pathrusites and Kasluhites

(If you don’t know them, from there did the Philistines ignite) and last of all was Caphitorites and that is who they all be

And wow all those people we can add to the family tree

Canaan was the father of Sidon his first born son

Definitely not the only one

He was followed by the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites

This is the start of the list we write

Then there were the Girgashites, Hivites, and Arkites

Now we are over half way through their might

Then there were the Sinites, Arvadites, and Zemarites

And finally the Hamathites, so that’s who they all be

We add them to our family tree

Later on the Canaanites all scattered

But they were not shattered

The borders of Canaan had extended

Which was what they fully intended

They reached from Sidon to Gerah as far as Gaza

And then Sodom, Gommorah, Admah and Zeboyim, to Lasha

Sons were also born to Shem

There were in fact five of them

Japheth was his older brother

Shem’s descendants were born one after another

Eber were his descendants name

They had a measure of their own fame

So the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad

And to them we can add

Lud and Aram, and that is who they all be

They became part of the family tree

The sons of Aram; Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek is who they be

They all are added to the family tree

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah

And Shelah the father of Eber

That is who they be

We add them as well to the family tree

To Eber two sons were born

One named Peleg, for when he was born the earth was torn

His brother was Joktan

Seemingly just an ordinary man

Joktan was the father of many sons

Thirteen in all, we’ll see them one by one

lmodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram

The first five of his clan

Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir

The next six that is who they were

Havilah and Jobab, make ten plus three

And that’s who they all be

We add them all to the family tree

To Joktan were all these sons born, all thirteen

The prognosis of him being ordinary was a bit keen

They lived in a region which stretched from Mesha to Sephar

This was the country in the hills in the east, not really that far

These are the sons of Shem arranged by their clans

By their territories, their nations, all their lands

These are Noah’s sons descendants, all of his relations

All lined up according to their nations

This is who all these people do really be

And we have drawn one giant family tree

Following the flood, and with everything they were worth

These nations spread right across the earth