Neville Goddard on Genesis 15:9-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 15 in context

Scripture Focus

9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 15:9-16

Biblical Context

God instructs Abram to prepare animals for a covenant ritual; the birds are not divided, and a deep sleep with a horror of darkness falls on him. God then proclaims that Abram's descendants will be strangers and oppressed in a foreign land, but will be delivered and return to their homeland with great substance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Abram is the I AM becoming aware of its future. The divided animals symbolize you separating the old belief from the life you intend to inhabit; the birds that do not divide are the tempting images of limitation you must not feed. The sinking sun and the deep sleep mark the quiet time of the subconscious, where the new state takes root. The horror of darkness is not punishment but the clearing away of fear as the self confronts its next form. When the voice speaks of a sure seed that shall endure bondage and then be delivered with great substance, you are being shown the inner pattern: separation in appearance, followed by inner release, abundance, and return to your true land. The generations and the Amorites refer to inner durations and old impulses dissolving as the state solidifies. This is not history so much as a map of your inner covenant taking form in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of your fulfilled future now. Silently declare I AM the ruler of my inner land, and see the promise returning to you as already real, with the sense of abundance thriving in your life.