The Cave Of Inner Wealth
Genesis 23:8-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Abraham seeks a burial place for his dead and negotiates the price with Ephron in the presence of the local community. He ultimately agrees to pay for the field and cave.
Neville's Inner Vision
Abraham's scene is not about land and stones, but about the inner terrain you walk within. Machpelah stands for a fixed point in consciousness—a belief you choose to place the dead within, a memory you will not let drift. The field and cave are states of wealth, not material property; the price you pay is the attention and feeling you lend to a future you intend to inhabit. Ephron's offer in the hearing of the people is the world of appearances; Abraham's bow is a quiet alignment with a decision already made in his I AM. When he says I will give you money for the field, he is not bargaining from lack but declaring a certainty: I own this space now. The transaction is the moment your inner state moves from wish to irrevocable claim. By standing before the crowd and choosing to purchase, he seals the covenant in the theatre of perception. You can mirror this: enter the inner gate of your own mind, declare the place you acquire is your own, and feel the price paid as the vibration of ownership, settled in the now. In this way, the old self is buried and a new life rises in memory.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and declare: I now own the field of my consciousness; I bury the old self in Machpelah now by feeling ownership and gratitude, here and now.
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