Neville Goddard on Genesis 12:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 12 in context

Scripture Focus

5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:5-7

Biblical Context

Abram takes Sarai, Lot, and their belongings into Canaan; God appears and promises the land to Abram's descendants, and he builds an altar to mark the moment.

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage unveils the inner drama of consciousness. Abram represents a rising I AM, an awakened state that chooses to move into a new field of possibility—Canaan. Sarai and Lot are the accompanying inner attitudes of receptivity and vision, invited to journey with the awakened you into this decisive moment. The land of Canaan is not a geographic place but the present domain of awareness where the I AM speaks a future as if it were already real. The souls gathered in Haran symbolize past thoughts and habits carried along, not to hinder you but to be transformed in the ascent. When the LORD appears to Abram, He speaks from the level of inner realization: unto thy seed will I give this land. The altar built unto the LORD who appeared is a mental act of worship—an affirmation that the new state is true in mind. The Canaanite presence marks the testing ground where one proves the fixedness of belief against doubt. The promise is an invitation to live from the fulfilled state here and now, not in some distant time.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume you are already standing in the land of your promised abundance. Feel the ground as the I AM beneath your feet, and declare, I AM in possession of this land now.