Neville Goddard on Genesis 38:6-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 38 in context

Scripture Focus

6And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

10And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

Genesis 38:6-10

Biblical Context

Genesis 38:6-10 narrates Judah arranging a wife for Er, Er's wickedness and death, Onan's duty to raise seed for his brother, his spill of seed, and his death, signaling divine judgment within the levirate context.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the tale reveals that seed is a state of mind, not merely a bodily act. Er’s death and Onan’s spill are inner consequences when a person refuses to cooperate with the divine arrangement, i.e., to give birth to a future through conscious creation. Tamar embodies the rightful demand for seed—the inner impulse that would carry a life forward by stating, I am becoming what I seek. The Lord’s actions are the inner law returning when the mind deserts its creative responsibility; the deaths mark the narrowing of a consciousness that will not invest energy into birth. See that you are Judah in your own life: you must provide the next seed to your inner Tamar, the situation inviting a new state of being. When you realize you are the I AM, the seed is born within your imagination and the outer scene moves to reflect that truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the seed of your desired future is already born; hold it in feeling-real, then declare softly, 'I am the seed-bearer of my desired future' until conviction arises.