Neville Goddard on Genesis 18:32-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 18 in context

Scripture Focus

32And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 18:32-33

Biblical Context

Abraham pleads with God to spare Sodom if ten righteous can be found; God agrees not to destroy for ten's sake, then God departs and Abraham returns to his place.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 18:32–33 is a map of consciousness, not a tale of geography. The LORD represents your I AM—the unbounded awareness within which all conditions are formed. Abraham’s question, 'Peradventure ten shall be found there,' is your mind testing whether a sufficient cluster of inner states—ten or more righteous attitudes—exists to justify mercy in the scene you inhabit. The answer, 'I will not destroy it for ten's sake,' teaches that external outcomes yield to the quality of inner consciousness, not to a bare external petition. When the Lord withdraws after communion, you are reminded that the shift occurs within first; the outer world follows once you have carried the insight back into daily life. The invitation is to cultivate mercy as a state of being—an inner atmosphere of grace—so that, in any situation, you already inhabit the reality of preservation and benevolence. Persist in this revision until the feeling of the event aligns with your inner truth, and the external scene harmonizes with that truth.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and declare within, 'Let not the LORD be angry; I find ten righteous states within this circumstance.' Then feel the relief as if the mercy is already realized and let that feeling radiate into your day.