Neville Goddard on Genesis 13:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 13 in context

Scripture Focus

8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Genesis 13:8-9

Biblical Context

Abram and Lot avoid strife by parting ways; Abram invites Lot to choose first, preserving brotherhood while setting a peaceful boundary. The 'land before thee' invites inner possibilities for each to expand without clash.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the scene in Genesis is a map of your own mind. Strife is not a battle among others but a quarrel of opposed states within your consciousness. Abram, the I AM, declares 'let there be no strife' and thereby anchors unity in awareness. The invitation to Lot to separate is an act of discernment: one state concedes space to another so that the whole mind can move freely. 'Is not the whole land before thee?' becomes a doorway to limitless imagination; the left and the right are simply channels through which your attention may travel. By choosing one path and letting the other exist without forcing it, you keep the heart intact and permit both to serve truth. The separation is practical, not punitive; it preserves love while enlarging your field of possibility. When you practice this inward separation, you discover that peace is not the absence of difference but the settled recognition that consciousness can hold multiple possibilities in harmony.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, I AM. I now assume the feeling of peaceful separation—one state moves forward while another holds space, and unity remains intact.