Neville Goddard on Genesis 10:6-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 10 in context

Scripture Focus

6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Genesis 10:6-20

Biblical Context

Genesis 10:6–20 lists Ham's descendants, their cities, and borders, showing how families and nations rise in the earth. Plainly, it speaks of lineage and geography as outward forms that echo inner dispositions.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the inner level, Genesis 10:6–20 names the states of consciousness pressed into form. Ham's sons become the settings of my interior life—the urges, the beliefs, the habits I allow to govern my day. Nimrod, the mighty hunter, is the dominant idea I entertain as king over my inner land; when I dwell in that idea, a kingdom begins and expands into Babel, Erech, and Calneh—the cities of my outward world. Babel's confusion is the friction that teaches me to listen to the I AM behind the scene. The border of the Canaanites, from Sidon to Lasha, marks the reach of my inner commands—the languages I speak to myself as I interpret events. The spread of the families abroad mirrors how my thoughts, feelings, and acts extend into experience. The verse thus becomes a map: by shifting the inner state, I revise the outer geography; by affirming the I AM as the only ruler, I halt the old borders and permit a new kingdom to manifest.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the I AM governs all inner lands; revise Nimrod as your dominant idea and feel the border lines re-drawn by abundance, then notice your outer life catching up. Feel it real as you dwell in that inner kingdom.