Neville Goddard on Genesis 11:14-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 11 in context

Scripture Focus

14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14-19

Biblical Context

Genesis 11:14-19 records a lineage of Salah, Eber, Peleg, and Reu, noting lifespans and the birth of each generation. In plain sense, it's a chronological table of who begat whom and for how long.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 11:14-19 presents a genealogical cadence that Neville would hear as the rhythm of inner states. Salah, Eber, Peleg, Reu are not distant people but names for phases of consciousness that you entertain. When the text says 'Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber,' it speaks of a moment you decide to birth a new idea into your awareness. The 403 years after that birth signify the long exposure of the mind to that initial state before the next shift—your inner weather shaping outer events. Eber's 34 years and the birth of Peleg marks another refinement, another address in your imagination. The subsequent 430 years of inner time after Peleg begat Eber reveal the accumulation of images, habits, and beliefs that slowly craft your experience. Peleg's thirty years and the birth of Reu marks a fresh articulation, a new segment of life arising from a previously settled state. In Neville's terms, Providence is your ongoing self-guidance becoming aware of itself, each 'begat' a renewal of the I AM. Your world is the visible birth of an inner act that you already assumed.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Choose a current longing and assume the next state as already born; declare 'I AM' the steady witness through which this birth occurs, and feel in your body the certainty of fulfillment now. Close your eyes, rest your attention on the feeling-tone of completion, and let this new state unfold in your present, as though it has always been.