Neville Goddard on Genesis 30:31-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 30 in context

Scripture Focus

31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

Genesis 30:31-33

Biblical Context

Jacob agrees to work and, by separating the speckled and spotted cattle, makes the speckled/spotted stock his hire; he proclaims that his righteousness will be proven by the result.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 30:31-33 offers a parable about the inner economy of consciousness. The flock stands for your ongoing inner state—thoughts, feelings, beliefs you accept as real. The speckled and spotted cattle symbolize qualities you call imperfect or inconsistent—things you have believed must be earned by external payment. Jacob’s refusal to take anything from Laban except his own condition signals a decisive inner contract: the hire must be produced by the inner shift, not by barter with appearances. When he says, 'my righteousness shall answer for me in time to come,' he names the law that your inner alignment must answer when outer time invites its tally. In Neville’s psychology, the manifest world is the echo of your present assumption. Therefore, you must revise the state: I am the I AM; I provide the hire through the clarity of your present conviction. Now, as a practice, fix a vivid image of your desired hire as already yours, let that be your weather within, and remain watchful of any doubt dissolving into the assurance of inner rightness.