Neville Goddard on Genesis 13:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 13 in context

Scripture Focus

10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 13:10

Biblical Context

Lot looks at the plain of Jordan and sees it well watered, a sign of outward abundance. The verse sets up a moment where wealth and order stand beside impending judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 13:10 is not about soil but the inner sight of a consciousness. Lot lifts his eyes and gazes on a landscape of prosperity—the Jordan plain well watered, Edenic in appearance. In Neville’s language, this is a projection of a mind convinced that security and sufficiency come from external circumstances. The 'garden of the LORD' is the soul in harmony with divine order; the reference to Egypt signals bondage to appearances, a memory of limitation. When you dwell on such a scene as final, you are choosing to believe your life is measured by what you see with the physical eye, not by the I AM within. The moment you fix on abundance as object rather than state, you invite Sodom and Gomorrah—the inner disturbances that follow misalignment with truth. The instruction is clear: restore your gaze to the garden within, where provision arises from consciousness itself, not from the land you survey. Your wealth is a function of your inner alignment; the Jordan plain becomes a map of your inner climate, which can be redeemed by assuming the reality of God as your I AM and feeling it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the garden within right now. Close your eyes and declare, 'I AM the I AM, and this abundance is mine.' Feel the air of your inner Jordan, the soil of your soul rich with provision; revise any sense of lack by smiling at the image you hold.