Neville Goddard on Genesis 32:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 32 in context

Scripture Focus

14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

Genesis 32:14-15

Biblical Context

The verses enumerate gifts sent to Esau, an outward provision in anticipation of a future encounter. In Neville’s view, this abundance is a symbol of inner wealth prepared in consciousness to shape the outer state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the list as a meditation on inner resources, not a ledger of cattle. In the I AM that you are, Jacob’s abundance is your readiness to meet any outer situation with enough life to spare. Esau stands for the external world and its demands; the lavish gifts are the qualities you ante in your own consciousness—security, vitality, provision, goodwill—so that the moment of contact is already met with plenty. The numbers are not mere history but a symbolic inventory of states of mind you entertain: confidence (the herds), nurture (the milch camels and their colts), strength (the kine and bulls), speed and mobility (the foals and donkeys). By imagining yourself as the possessor of such wealth, you impress the outside with your inner wealth. As you dwell in this moment, you embody the condition you seek: a self-aware I AM distributing abundance wherever contact is made. The outer world then becomes the effect of your inner assumption, not the source of your worth.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly and enumerate your own inner riches—health, money, time, or support. Then imagine offering them to your outer situation (Esau) with the feeling that it is already done; dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled for 3–5 minutes.