Inner Covenant at Beersheba

Genesis 21:27-31 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 21 in context

Scripture Focus

27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Genesis 21:27-31

Biblical Context

Abraham and Abimelech seal a covenant; Abraham places seven ewe lambs as witnesses that he has dug a well. The Beersheba name marks the oath they swore.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the student of inner life, this passage is not about two men and a treaty, but about your own consciousness sealing a fact with its inner authority. The covenant is the moment you decide, in feeling and imagination, that a certain resource—the 'well' of life—belongs to you and remains unimpeached by circumstance. The seven lambs are not tokens of animal wealth but symbolic breaths of wholeness: seven facets of your being that witness your claim. Beersheba, 'well of the oath,' becomes the inner water source you have tapped by keeping faith in the I AM, the self-identity that does not waver. When Abraham says, 'these seven shall take of my hand,' he is teaching that the outcome is handed over by your own spiritual center to show the world the inner digging is complete. Your external name, your land, your provision, are all the effects of a decision freely made within. The moment you declare, 'I have dug this well,' you establish a new rhythm of alignment with the One Power within you, and the outer appears to confirm the inner.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the inner well is already dug. Speak or think, 'I have dug this well within me,' and feel the relief as the outer world begins to reflect the inner covenant.

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