Neville Goddard on Genesis 12:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 12 in context

Scripture Focus

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 12:6-7

Biblical Context

Abram travels through the land; God appears and promises to give the land to his descendants, and he builds an altar.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 12:6-7 unfolds as an inner drama in which your consciousness travels through the landscape of belief until the I AM stands before you and speaks. The land is not a map of soil but a map of your states of awareness. Moreh—the place of vision—is where you pause to observe distinguishing thoughts and loyalties; the Canaanite occupying the land represents stubborn, habitual conditions still ruling your mind. When the LORD appears within, you hear, not an external voice, but the quiet decree of your own awareness: Unto thy seed will I give this land. Your seed is your unborn ideas, your creative thoughts, ready to take root in form. The altar you build unto the LORD who appeared is your decision to honor this inner law, to set your awareness as the sovereign altar through which all conditions are rearranged. This is true worship: acknowledging that God is the I AM who is always present, and that your faith is the activity of imaginative sight, which consecrates the inner soil so that its reality becomes your outer life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of the land already given to your seed. Inhabit the scene by saying, I AM the LORD within me; this land is mine now, and feel the reality flash into your present moment.