Neville Goddard on Genesis 10:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 10 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Genesis 10:8-9

Biblical Context

Genesis 10:8-9 portrays Nimrod as Cush's son who becomes a mighty one on the earth and a mighty hunter. The verse frames his power as being 'before the LORD'.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Nimrod as an inner image of your own directed power. 'Before the LORD' is not a distant place; it is your awareness, the I AM that watches and thus empowers. Nimrod’s claim to be a 'mighty hunter' points to your capacity to pursue ideas, projects, and the conditions you desire in the outer world. In Neville’s reading, true power does not come from conquest of others but from alignment with the Presence within. The kingdom of God is a state of consciousness that can be realized here and now by revision of assumptions. See Nimrod not as a separate king but as a facet of your own self- assertion—an inner strategist who uses imagination to shape reality. When you acknowledge you are already in the Presence, your boldness becomes confident stillness rather than restless striving. Let the inner hunter be reimagined as disciplined attention, directed by Love and awareness. Live as the mighty one who is sustained by the Presence, and permit your ambitions to be lived through the assumption that you are that Presence now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and, in the present tense, assume you are the I AM possessing the outcomes you seek; feel the Presence within guiding your steps as Nimrod guided his hunt. Let this feeling be so real you can taste the victory in your chest.