Neville Goddard on Genesis 37:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 37 in context

Scripture Focus

5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Genesis 37:5-8

Biblical Context

Joseph tells his brothers about a dream where his sheaf rises upright and their sheaves bow. They hate him all the more for it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joseph’s dream in Genesis 37:5-8 is not a forecast of external events but a picture of your inner state. The rising sheaf represents your I AM, your true center, standing sovereign in life. The bowing sheaves of the others symbolize the dispositions of your mind that yield to the new ruling idea you entertain. The brothers’ hatred signals the ego’s resistance—fear, doubt, and old identities recoiling from change. By speaking the dream aloud, Joseph broadcasts the new state to the very audience that resists it, inviting alignment rather than denial. The core message for you: entertain the end you desire as already true. Feel the I AM reigning in your heart, revise any doubt, and imagine the world around you responding to your inner governor. In Neville’s terms, the Kingdom of God is the awareness that you are God expressing as you; imagination creates the outer scene by the inner conviction you dwell in today.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a quiet moment, close your eyes and dwell in the feeling 'I am the I AM reigning now.' Then revise any doubt and affirm that the world around you bows to your sovereign state.