Neville Goddard on Exodus 2:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 2 in context

Scripture Focus

15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Exodus 2:15-22

Biblical Context

Moses flees Pharaoh, settles by a well in Midian, helps the daughters, is invited to stay with Reuel, marries Zipporah, and has Gershom.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Exodus tale, Moses embodies your I AM awareness while Pharaoh represents lingering fear. When Pharaoh seeks to slay the man in you, you flee into Midian—an inner wilderness where stillness sits by a well. The seven daughters of the priest of Midian are the seven aspects of your nature drawing water for the flock of your attention. The shepherds who push them away symbolize distractions and old thought automatisms; your act—Moses rising to water the flock—signifies a new choice of presence over reaction. When Reuel invites him to bread, it marks a welcoming of the self into a more intimate inner household. Zipporah's arrival shows you accepting companionship with your own inner feminine principle, and Gershom's birth proclaims that exile is not a curse but a temporary arrangement in the consciousness that becomes a home. This chapter teaches that the inner land you inhabit is not punishment but a path back to the true home within your awareness, through acts of courage, service, and quiet belonging.

Practice This Now

Assume you are Moses by the inner well, rising to water the flock of your thoughts. Revise exile as a temporary state and feel welcomed into an inner home with Zipporah, naming your new self Gershom, a stranger no more.