Bible Verses: Genesis 1:29-31 (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 29) And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
(Verses 30-31)  (30) And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. (31) And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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

(Verse 29)  And ___________ said, “Behold, I have given you ___________ plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and ___________ tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

(Verse 30) And to ___________ beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to ___________ that creeps on the earth, ___________ that has the breath of life, I have given ___________ green plant for food.” And it was so.

(Verse 31) And ___________ saw ___________ that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth ___________.

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

(Verse 29)  And ___________ said, “Behold, I have given you ___________ plant yielding ___________ that is on the face of all the earth, and ___________ tree with ___________ in its fruit. You shall have them for ___________.

(Verse 30) And to ___________ beast of the ___________ and to every bird of the ___________ and to ___________ that creeps on the earth, ___________ that has the breath of life, I have given ___________ green plant for ___________.” And it was so.

(Verse 31) And ___________ saw ___________ that he had made, and behold, it was very ___________. And there was ___________ and there was ___________, the sixth ___________.

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

(Verse 29)  And ___________ said, “Behold, I have ___________ you ___________ ___________ yielding ___________ that is on the face of all the ___________, and ___________ tree with ___________ in its fruit. You shall have them for ___________.

(Verse 30) And to ___________ beast of the ___________ and to every bird of the ___________ and to ___________ that creeps on the ___________, ___________ that has the breath of life, I have ___________ ___________ green ___________ for ___________.” And it was so.

(Verse 31) And ___________ saw ___________ that he had ___________, and ___________, it was very ___________. And there was ___________ and there was ___________, the ___________ ___________.

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

(Verse 29)  And ___________ said, “___________, I have ___________ you ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ that is on the ___________ of all the ___________, and ___________ tree with ___________ in its ___________. You shall have them for ___________.

(Verse 30) And to ___________ ___________ of the ___________ and to every ___________ of the ___________ and to ___________ that ___________ on the ___________, ___________ that has the ___________ of life, I have ___________ ___________ green ___________ for ___________.” And it was so.

(Verse 31) And ___________ saw ___________ that he had ___________, and ___________, it was ___________ ___________. And ___________ was ___________ and ___________ was ___________, the ___________ ___________.

Step 6: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

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(Verse 30) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.” ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 31) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________.

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 1:29-31.