Neville Goddard on Genesis 23:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 23 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Genesis 23:1-2

Biblical Context

Sarah lived 127 years and died in Hebron; Abraham mourned for her, marking the end of an inner era.

Neville's Inner Vision

Death here is not a doom but a shift of states. Sarah stands for a long-loved image of security—the queen of domestic certainty my mind has cherished. Her passing signals the end of that inner image. Abraham's tears are my awareness perceiving the distance from the old form, yet mourning is the crucible through which I release attachment to a former identity. In this sense, the end is a transition to a higher covenant; I feel I am still alive, merely shifting the inner object of my trust. The promise remains unaffected; the inner land is ready for a new name, a new partner, a new home within me.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I am the life that moves beyond the old image of security.' Then visualize Hebron as an interior landscape and feel the new covenant already present within you.