The Multiplied Seed Within

Genesis 16:10-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 16 in context

Scripture Focus

10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 16:10-12

Biblical Context

Genesis 16:10-12 speaks of a promised seed and an abundance born from affliction. God hears the cry and the future breathes within the present.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's lens, the angel is not a distant messenger but the I AM within you, speaking from stillness. The promise to multiply thy seed exceedingly is a declaration about your inner climate: belief, feeling, and imagination multiplying the one idea you hold in consciousness until it cannot be counted, until it becomes the lived condition of your life. Behold, thou art with child signals that your desire has already taken form in you not in the world but as a living state of awareness. The name Ishmael, God hath heard thy affliction, is your assurance that your cry has registered in the infinite I AM and is answered by a future that aligns with your inner atmosphere. The statement that he will be a wild man points to a wild, free mind that refuses to be domesticated by external appearances. Yet the last clause that he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren suggests this new state coexists with your existing self and is received by your inner circle. Thus the scene invites you to recognize and dwell in the seed state here and now, letting imagination do the actual building.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the seed has multiplied beyond measure in your life. Sit quietly, feel the I AM as presence, and say: I am the living abundance; my seed is multiplied and dwelling among all aspects of my life.

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