Neville Goddard on Genesis 28:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 28 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Genesis 28:1-9

Biblical Context

Isaac blesses Jacob, charges him not to take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, and sends him to Padanaram to find a wife from Laban’s family. Jacob obeys, while Esau’s choices show a different path.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jacob's outward journey mirrors the inner movement of your mind. Isaac's blessing is the I AM speaking through your awareness, a sure decree that establishes you in a covenanted state. The charge not to marry the daughters of Canaan is a discipline of consciousness: refuse to blend your inner covenant with every shifting outward image; keep faith with the one who bears your spiritual lineage. Going to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel, becomes a return to your inner lab where you select the thoughts and feelings that will serve as your mate in consciousness. God Almighty bless thee—this is the inflowing energy of life that makes you fruitful and multiplies your states of being. The land thou art a stranger in signifies the inner domain you inhabit before the outer form catches up with your realization. Esau’s reaction, and his pursuit of different wives, is the clinging to appearances that do not reflect your true covenant. Your obedience to father and mother stands for obedience to inner guidance. The story teaches that your inner alignment, not external circumstance, births your promised land.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling: I am blessed and already in my inner promised land. See within you a partner aligned with your covenant rising from your inner lineage, and feel the I AM guiding your next step.