Take-home slipsGenesis 2:24

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Therefore shall a ___ leave his father ___ his mother, and _____ cleave unto his ____, and they shall ___ one flesh.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Therefore _____ ___ man _____ ___ father ___ ___ mother, ___ _____ cleave ____ ___ wife, ___ ____ shall ___ ___ flesh.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T s a m l h f a h m, a s c u h w, a t s b o f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Genesis 2:24

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Therefore shall a ___ leave his father ___ his mother, and _____ cleave unto his ____, and they shall ___ one flesh.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Therefore _____ ___ man _____ ___ father ___ ___ mother, ___ _____ cleave ____ ___ wife, ___ ____ shall ___ ___ flesh.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T s a m l h f a h m, a s c u h w, a t s b o f.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Genesis 2:24

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.