Bible Verses: Genesis 1:9-10 (ESV-English Standard Version)

An important part of keeping God’s word in your heart and having it available for when you need to quote it to fight against the devil’s temptations is to memorize scripture. There are many ways to do this including singing verses, using pneumonic devices, and old-fashioned look and don’t look as you try to say the verse. Here is a technique that I learned from memverse.com. Try it out and see if it works for you. The goal for The Beginning series is to memorize Genesis 1:1-2:3. This passage tells the story of creation. At two verses a week, it should take 17 weeks to memorize this passage, but you can work faster if you wish.

Step 1: First read or sing or chant the verses several times.

(Verse 9) And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
(Verse 10)  God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Step 2: Now try saying the verses with words missing.

(Verse 9)  And ___________ said, “___________ the ___________ under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was ___________.

(Verse 10) ___________ called the dry land Earth, and the ___________ that were gathered together he called Seas. And ___________ saw that it was good.

Step 3: Try saying the verses with more words missing.

(Verse 9)  ___________ ___________ said, “___________ the ___________ under the heavens be ___________ together into one place, and let the ___________ land appear.” ___________ it was ___________.

(Verse 10) ___________ called the ___________ land Earth, and the ___________ that were ___________ together he called Seas. ___________ ___________ saw that it was good.

Step 4: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 9)  ___________ ___________ said, “___________ the ___________ under the ___________ be ___________ ___________ into one place, and let the ___________ ___________ appear.” ___________ it was ___________.

(Verse 10) ___________ called the ___________ ___________ Earth, and the ___________ that were ___________ ___________ he called Seas. ___________ ___________ saw that it was ___________.

Step 5: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 9)  ___________ ___________ ___________, “___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.” ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 10) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 1:9-10.