Scripture Reading Diversion

This morning, we began reading Ether in our family Book of Mormon reading.  Much of the chapter contains a genealogy of Ether.  We didn't read all of it because it's a lot of names that mean nothing to the children.  I thought we would just read verse six, then jump to 33 and move on.  Brandt wanted to read 6-12, but Kent said, "No.  We aren't going to read this whole thing.  But, I want you to look through these names and pick one you would name a goldfish."  

What?  What do goldfish have to do with scripture study?  Why are we taking time to do this?  Talk about a distraction from an unusual source.  We have lots of distractions, but practically all of them come from people who live in our house who haven't yet reached their teens.  

So we looked through the below list and picked names.

6 And on this wise do I give the account. He that wrote this record was Ether, and he was a descendant of Coriantor.

7 Coriantor was the son of Moron.

8 And Moron was the son of Ethem.

9 And Ethem was the son of Ahah.

10 And Ahah was the son of Seth.

11 And Seth was the son of Shiblon.

12 And Shiblon was the son of Com.

13 And Com was the son of Coriantum.

14 And Coriantum was the son of Amnigaddah.

15 And Amnigaddah was the son of Aaron.

16 And Aaron was a descendant of Heth, who was the son of Hearthom.

17 And Hearthom was the son of Lib.

18 And Lib was the son of Kish.

19 And Kish was the son of Corom.

20 And Corom was the son of Levi.

21 And Levi was the son of Kim.

22 And Kim was the son of Morianton.

23 And Morianton was a descendant of Riplakish.

24 And Riplakish was the son of Shez.

25 And Shez was the son of Heth.

26 And Heth was the son of Com.

27 And Com was the son of Coriantum.

28 And Coriantum was the son of Emer.

29 And Emer was the son of Omer.

30 And Omer was the son of Shule.

31 And Shule was the son of Kib.

32 And Kib was the son of Orihah, who was the son of Jared;

33 Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

I chose Riplakish, because I like the idea of "Riplakish the goldfish."  Three syllables and three syllables and it rhymes.

Kent chose the simpler Kish.  One syllable each.  "Kish the fish."

Blythe chose Kim.  

Brandt, with a hardly repressed giggle, chose Shiz.  When I pointed out that it was actually Sh-E-z, he said, "I don't care! I like Shiz.  You know, like shiz, tee-hee-hee."  Shiz does come into play in Ether, just not until chapter 15.  He is such a boy!