Neville Goddard on Genesis 22:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 22 in context

Scripture Focus

9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:9-10

Biblical Context

Abraham comes to the place God showed, builds an altar, binds Isaac, and lays him on the altar, ready to slay his son.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 22:9-10 presents the inner drama: to come to the place God told him, to build the altar, bind Isaac, and raise the knife. In Neville's psychology, Abraham is not an ancient patriarch but a state of consciousness, and Isaac a cherished capacity you are ready to place on the altar of your awareness. The binding is your decision to stop wavering, to commit to a single thought or purpose until it breathes and reveals its meaning. The knife represents the precise moment of conviction—your decision to act as though the I AM is the only power you acknowledge. If you hold to this inner posture long enough, you experience an inward pivot: the sense of separation dissolves, and Providence begins to reveal itself as alignment in your life. The story teaches obedience to the inner command and trusting that the I AM is guiding every step toward the greater good, even when the outer scene trembles with the choice.

Practice This Now

Consciously place a current fear on your inner altar and say, 'I am the I AM; I bind this to Providence,' then breathe into the conviction until you feel that the command is already real.