Neville Goddard on Genesis 28:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 28 in context

Scripture Focus

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 28:6-9

Biblical Context

Jacob obeys his parents' command not to take a Canaanite wife and travels to Padanaram to seek a wife from that land, while Esau, displeasing Isaac, takes Mahalath, a wife from Ishmael—showing two paths of obedience versus appetite.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jacob's journey to Padanaram is the movement of the I AM into a chosen state, not a geographic fact. The blessing Isaac pronounces and the command not to wed Canaanite wives symbolize inner loyalty: join with the inner lineage that truth reveals when you listen. Esau's outward outrage and his later marriage to Mahalath show the pull of appearance and appetite over inner counsel. Yet the scriptures invite you to see that all events are states of consciousness in motion. The choice to align with Jacob's obedience is a revision of your inner assumptions: you are not chasing a person or place, you are affirming a covenant within the self. When you feel the impulse to choose in ways that please the outer mind, revise until you feel that your I AM already agrees with the right union—the harmony of faithfulness, wisdom, and discernment. Imagination creates reality; assume this alignment, and you will observe the outer life following the inner conviction.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet and assume you are already living in inner covenant—declare I AM aligned with your highest guidance, and feel that truth until it guides your next choice.