Neville Goddard on Genesis 32:31-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 32 in context

Scripture Focus

31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Genesis 32:31-32

Biblical Context

Jacob wrestles through the night and, at dawn, hauls a limp into the light. The text links this lasting limp to the touch on the hollow of his thigh, a sign the sinew that shrank became a memory carried by Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as your own inner cinema. Jacob is the I AM within you wrestling with a story of limitation until dawn pours light on the matter. The limp is not mere weakness; it is a visible sign that a new state of awareness has entered your body. When the hollow of the thigh is touched by attention, the sinew that once shrank is reminded to yield, and the old mechanism loses its grip. Israel is born as your identification shifts from a frightened Jacob to a faithful state that walks in the sun. The verse invites you to see that the event is not external history but an inner revision: you revise the sense of self until your actions are in harmony with the higher law within. The sun rising over Penuel is your consciousness awakening to itself, cementing the new loyalty to the inner I AM rather than to the old limb of fear. So, you are not bound by the past; you are the moment of Israel rising in you.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the I AM now, and replay the scene in imagination until the limp fades and the sinew yields. Feel the dawning light and declare I AM whole.