Inner Union of Jacob and Rachel

Genesis 29:18-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 29 in context

Scripture Focus

18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Genesis 29:18-23

Biblical Context

Jacob loves Rachel and agrees to seven years of service; outer events occur at the feast, and Leah is given first, but the love remains focused on the intended union.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jacob's love for Rachel is a single, unwavering state of consciousness. His vow to serve seven years is an inner contract with the image of his beloved, the I AM using imagination to shape reality. The seven years become the rhythm of faith, the disciplined feeling that within the mind the outer form must yield to the inner truth. The feast and the late-night switch symbolize appearances that tempt the imagination to misread the situation; Leah's presence is the outer theater that tests your fidelity to the inner assumption. Yet the inner law cannot be dodged; the surface is only the stage on which the mind learns to hold its purpose. In time, the true wife—Rachel—emerges as the fulfilled state, when consciousness has reconciled the impression with its essential wholeness. What you seek is not a chase of events but a steadfast realization that you already possess the fulfillment within your I AM. The outer world aligns with your inward state when you persist in imagining the completion.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you already possess the inner union you seek; dwell in that image for a few moments and feel it real as I AM. Then revise any contrary appearance by stating, 'The outer shows only the stage, the true marriage exists in consciousness.'

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