Bible Verses: Genesis 1:25-26 (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 25) And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
(Verse 26)  Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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

(Verse 25)  And ___________ made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the ___________ according to their kinds, and everything that ___________ on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

(Verse 26) Then ___________ said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the ___________ and over all the earth and over every ___________ thing that ___________ on the earth.”

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

(Verse 25)  And ___________ made the beasts of the earth according to their ___________ and the ___________ according to their ___________, and everything that ___________ on the ground according to its ___________. And God saw that it was good.

(Verse 26) Then ___________ said, “Let us make man in our ___________, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ___________ and over the ___________ and over all the ___________ and over every ___________ thing that ___________ on the ___________.”

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

(Verse 25)  And ___________ made the ___________ of the earth ___________ to their ___________ and the ___________ ___________ to their ___________, and everything that ___________ on the ___________ ___________ to its ___________. And God saw that it was ___________.

(Verse 26) Then ___________ said, “Let us make ___________ in our ___________, after our likeness. And let them have ___________ over the fish of the ___________ and over the birds of the ___________ and over the ___________ and over all the ___________ and over every ___________ ___________ that ___________ on the ___________.”

Step 5: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 25)  And ___________ made the ___________ of the ___________ ___________ to their ___________ and the ___________ ___________ to their ___________, and ___________ that ___________ on the ___________ ___________ to its ___________. And ___________ saw that it was ___________.

(Verse 26) Then ___________ said, “Let us ___________ ___________ in our ___________, after our ___________. And let them have ___________ over the ___________ of the ___________ and over the ___________ of the ___________ and over the ___________ and over all the ___________ and over ___________ ___________ ___________ that ___________ on the ___________.”

Step 6: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

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Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 1:25-26.