Bible Verses: Genesis 1:13-14 (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 13) And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
(Verse 14)  And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 

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

(Verse 13)  And ___________ was evening and ___________ was morning, the third day.

(Verse 14) And God said, “Let ___________ be lights in the expanse of the ___________ to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for ___________ and ___________, 

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

(Verse 13)  And ___________ was ___________ and ___________ was ___________, the third day.

(Verse 14) And God said, “___________ ___________ be lights in the expanse of the ___________ to separate the ___________ from the ___________. And ___________ them be for signs and for seasons, and for ___________ and ___________, 

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

(Verse 13)  And ___________ was ___________ and ___________ was ___________, the ___________ ___________.

(Verse 14) And ___________ said, “___________ ___________ be ___________ in the ___________ of the ___________ to separate the ___________ from the ___________. And ___________ them be for ___________ and for ___________, and for ___________ and ___________, 

Step 5: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 13)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 14) ___________ ___________ ___________, “___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, 

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 1:13-14.