Birth Amid Death: Inner Kingdom
Genesis 35:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 35 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Genesis 35:17-18 shows a mother in hard labor who is told not to fear as she bears a son; as she dies, the world calls him Benoni, while the father renames him Benjamin.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the scripture you witness a drama of consciousness: a moment where an old identity dies and a new one is born. The midwife’s whispered “Fear not” is a cue to shift your inner state. The dying soul represents clinging beliefs of limitation; the birth of a son signifies a new pattern of awareness arising. Benoni, “son of sorrow,” reveals the old self’s pattern, while Benjamin, “son of the right hand,” embodies a steadfast, protective I AM. Jacob’s renaming is the inner I AM recognizing and affirming the new state. Your task is to treat this as inner movement within you: allow the fear-driven birth to conclude and claim the right-hand state as yours now. The appearance of death in the scene points to the relinquishing of old narratives; the true birth is the reclamation of power and trust in the unseen I AM that manifests as form when believed into being.
Practice This Now
Assume you have already borne the desired change; revise your self-name from Benoni to Benjamin and feel the right-hand strength coursing through you as you whisper, 'I am Benjamin, the son of the right hand.'
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