Neville Goddard on Genesis 19:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 19 in context

Scripture Focus

16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Genesis 19:16

Biblical Context

Mercy is at work: as Lot delays, the divine forces lay hold of him, his wife, and his daughters and gently lead them out of the city. The text frames this as the Lord’s mercy delivering them from danger.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 19:16 invites us to read not as a history of bodies saved, but as a map of consciousness saved. The men who lay hold are the inner faculties of awareness awakening Lot from a dream-town. Lot’s lingering mirrors the mind clinging to a dying city of fear, guilt, and limitation. When the verse says the LORD being merciful unto him, it speaks of the I AM of your being extending mercy to your self-image, lifting it out of bondage. They brought him forth and set him without the city becomes: you are placed outside the old state by the merciful light of awareness. This is not a rescue by outside power but a shift of state—an act of imagination that redefines what is possible. If you want to experience it, assume you are already delivered; revise any story that keeps you in danger; feel the reality of being outside the city, now safe, now free, now aligned with the I AM. Your present is the deliverance you seek, and the mercy you long for is your own consciousness waking to its innate wholeness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already safe and carried beyond the old city. Feel the I AM lifting you now and confirm this revision with a lingering, real sense of freedom.