Neville Goddard on Genesis 2:7-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 2 in context

Scripture Focus

7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:7-25

Biblical Context

Genesis 2:7-25 presents God forming man from dust, breathing life, and placing him in a planted Eden. It shows naming of creatures, the creation of a companion, and a daily work to steward the garden.

Neville's Inner Vision

This scene is a drama of my inner state. I, the I AM, form dust into consciousness and breathe life into it; the garden is the field of my attention, Eden planted by my choice. The trees are possibilities I may freely feed upon; the tree of knowledge of good and evil is the perspective that claims separation, which would end my sense of life and unity. When I see Eve as the companion within my own being, I recognize that partnership arises when I acknowledge an aspect of myself that complements me, not a distant other. The command to dress and keep the garden becomes a practical discipline of my mind: to cultivate wholeness, to prune fear, and to call the animals by names as I identify them in imagination. My life is not a history of place but an inward awakening: I am the Lord God, and Eden is my perpetual state. By remaining faithful to this inner order, I experience harmony and the good life that flows from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already dwelling in Eden within. Feel the breath of life circulating through you; revise any lack as a belief by declaring, I am life, I am whole, and this inner garden now bears fruit.