Bible Verses: Genesis 2:1-3 (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 1-2) (1) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2) And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
(Verses 3)  So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

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

(Verse 1)  Thus the heavens and the earth were ___________, and all the host of them.

(Verse 2) And on the seventh day God ___________ his work that he had ___________, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had ___________.

(Verse 3) So God ___________ the seventh day and made it ___________, because on it God rested from all his work that he had ___________ in creation.

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

(Verse 1)  Thus the ___________ and the earth were ___________, and ___________ the host of them.

(Verse 2) And on the seventh day God ___________ his ___________ that he had ___________, and he ___________ on the seventh day from all his ___________ that he had ___________.

(Verse 3) So God ___________ the seventh day and made it ___________, because on it God ___________ from all his ___________ that he had ___________ in creation.

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

(Verse 1)  Thus the ___________ and the ___________ were ___________, and ___________ the host of them.

(Verse 2) And on the ___________ day God ___________ his ___________ that he had ___________, and he ___________ on the ___________ day from all his ___________ that he had ___________.

(Verse 3) So God ___________ the ___________ day and made it ___________, because on it God ___________ from all his ___________ that he had ___________ in ___________.

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

(Verse 1)  Thus the ___________ and the ___________ were ___________, and ___________ the ___________ of ___________.

(Verse 2) And on the ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ his ___________ that he had ___________, and he ___________ on the ___________ ___________ from all his ___________ that he had ___________.

(Verse 3) So ___________ ___________ the ___________ ___________ and made it ___________, because on it ___________ ___________ from all his ___________ that he had ___________ in ___________.

Step 6: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 1)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 2) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 3) So ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 2:1-3.