Neville Goddard on Genesis 19:31-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 19 in context

Scripture Focus

31And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Genesis 19:31-35

Biblical Context

Two daughters plot to preserve their father’s lineage by getting him drunk and sleeping with him; the scene exposes fear-driven boundary violation and a distorted attempt to secure continuity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the tale is not history but a map of consciousness. The father is your I AM—the steadfast awareness that simply is. The wine represents fear, appetite, and the habit of imagining conditions that compel you to yield to a false story about yourself. The two sisters are rival impulses trying to preserve the 'seed' of identity by bending perception and violating boundaries; their claim that there is no other man is a testament to a mind lost in scarcity. When the father drinks, your attention is numbed, and you perceive not what is true. You are tempted to place lineage above truth, to make reality by force of will rather than by awakening to what is already present. The inner law remains: you cannot preserve truth by intoxication or coercion. You must revise the scene by choosing a different perception—see the father awake, see the wine dissolved by consciousness, and let integrity guide the seed's birth. Your imagination is not a tool of compromise but of creation; plant a seed of unity, obedience to the I AM, and a world that reflects that awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM; I awaken to truth at the center of every scene.' Then hold the feeling that the seed of life is born from conscious love and integrity, not fear.