Genesis: Chapter Eleven

Now everyone on earth had one language, one speech

Making it easy to preach and teach a breach

The people moved east and found a plain

Shinar its name and the people thought they would gain

They all got together and said lets make us some bricks

We’ll bake them until they are fully sick

They used brick instead of stone and for mortar tar

And they said let’s build a city with a tower that stretches far

A tower that reaches to the heavens above

We don’t want to punch with kid gloves

For ourselves we want to make us a name

We deserve all the glory, the honour and the fame

If we don’t do something right now

Then throughout all the lands we’ll be scattered and like how

The Lord came down to see the building of the city

For them he wasn’t feeling any pity

He was concerned at the unified committee

If with one language and one speech

They have already extended their reach

This I am sure is only just the start

Soon nothing will be impossible if they all do their part

So now I will go and pay them a little visit

And there I will make an assumpsit

We will confuse all their language and speech

So amongst themselves they will have a constructive breach

They will not understand each other

They will no longer act like unified brothers

So the Lord God scattered them all over the place

They stopped building the city which was a coup de grace

So that is why they called the place Babel

For the languages of the world were confused as God did enable

He spread them far and wide all over the globe

As they each looked for somewhere to call their abode

So just when you thought you’d heard the last of Shem

We look again and his descendants, and discuss them

Two years after the events of the flood did unfold

Shem was exactly100 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Arphaxad was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 500 years did Shem live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 600 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Arphaxad was 35 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Shelah was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 403 years did Arphaxad live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 438 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

 Shelah was 30 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Eber was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 403 years did Shelah live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 433 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Eber was 34 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Peleg was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 430 years did Eber live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 464 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Peleg was 30 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Reu was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 209 years did Peleg live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 239 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Reu was 32 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Serug was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 207 years did Reu live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 239 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Serug was 30 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Nahor was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 200 years did Serug live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 230 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

Nahor was 29 years old

This story can be told

When in his image he had a son

His family growing one by one

Terah was the name given to him

So we write this narrative with some vim

For another 119 years did Nahor live

Many sons and daughters to birth he did give

Then after a grand total of 148 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall

After a period of seventy years

Terah had three sons and gave three cheers

Abram, Nahor and Haran he did name these three

That was his official decree

So now let’s take a little bit of time

To now look at Terah’s family line

Of Abrah, Nahor and Haran was Terah their dad

Haran had a son named Lot, to the family line he did add

Before Terah caused the flag to be flown at half mast

In Ur of the Chaldeans Haran did in fact breathe his last

This was not a strange place; to him it was of great worth

For this was indeed the place of his birth

Abram and Nahor both found wives

In order to really enrich their lives

Sarai was the name of Abram’s wife

Milkah was Nahor’s wife to whom he shared his life

Milkah was the sibling of Iskah, the daughter of Haran

Sarai was childless, unable to conceive she was barren

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, the son of Haran and Sarai his daughter-in-law

And together they all walked out the door

They left Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan land

But when they reached Haran they actually did stand

They remained there

For them this place was quite fair

Then after a grand total of 205 years in all

Like the way of all men to death Terah did fall

In Haran was where he died

All of this is bona fide

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

Genesis: Chapter Nine

Noah and his sons did God richly bless

One thing he really wanted to impress

Go out, don’t slumber and don’t you cry

Be fruitful, increase yes, multiply

From now all the animals and all the beasts

They will fear you as a threat, as you see them as meat

They will not be looking at you and thinking the best

No, rather, around you they will never rest

The birds in the sky, the fish in the sea

All the creeping animals that you can see

All of these into your hands will be

Everything and anything for you will be food

Just like the plants, they be just as good

You now have it all

From the great to the small

But you must not be eating any meat

Where the blood of life gives a beat

For your own blood I will demand a reckoning

This is a demand not a beckoning

This accounting is for every animal

For anything abnormal to abysmal

And this a demand to all humans as well

I demand an account for every human life you fell

Whoever takes human blood

Will be dragged through metaphorical mud

If there is someone else’s life you have acquired

Your life in response will be required

For God created man in his own image

There is in him completely no damage

I tell you again where I want you to commit

Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, increase upon it

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons

I’m telling you now you are the ones

I establish with you a covenant

I want you to be supplicant, not live in puzzlement

So pass it on to your descendants

All of those who are your dependants

And not just them, but to all the animals on the ark

From those who roar and hiss to those that bark

So I tell you my covenant now

I know you are wondering what is the how

Never again will all life be destroyed by a flood

Never again will the earth be submerged in water and mud

And so to mark our covenant I leave you a sign

For you, for all creatures with you, for people of all time

The sign of the covenant between the earth and me

Well this is what it will be

In the clouds, a rainbow a multi-coloured arc

Reminding you of the flood, and the ark

Whenever this rainbow in the sky does appear

You can live in comfort and not fear

For you know that when I see it I will remember

The covenant we have together, this is my endeavour

So God summarised all this to his main man Noah

This is, in our composition., the ultimate coda

So the three children of Noah, we tell you again

Were Shem, Ham and Japheth all of them men

(The father of Canaan was the one named Ham

This is just a little fact, not a piece of spam.)

To them many descendants were given birth

They were the people who were scattered all over the earth

So Noah who by natural trade was a man of the soil

Did not allow time to be his foil

Straight way he planted himself a vineyard

Got himself some wine and drank without regard

He got himself totally wiped out drunk

As drunk as that proverbial skunk

And so was lying in his abode

Sans all clothes, not even a robe

Ham, Canaan’s old man, had a good look and to his bro’s he did pander

Hey dad’s all stark naked go and take a gander!

Shem and Japheth were not so delirious

They were far more serious

To their father Noah they were in fact salubrious

They grabbed a piece of cloth

And avoided their father’s wrath

They walked in backwards and covered him

Their faces turned away, not acting on any whim

They did not see their father naked

To him this was against everything sacred

When Noah awoke from his drunken slumber

He found out what Ham had done and was filled with thunder

Cursed be Canaan his voice did roar

He is the one I hereby deplore

Amongst his brothers he will be the lowest slave

In him there is nothing that is brave

And then he had more things to say

Nothing was going to stop him on this day

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem

For his descendants, may Canaan be a slave to them

And as for Japheth, may God increase his land

Guiding him by his mighty hand

May Japheth live in the tents of Shem

And may Canaan be the slave of them

After the time of the flood had passed

Noah lived on and 350 more years were amassed

Then after a grand total of 950 years in all

Like the way of all men to death he did fall