Inner Favor in Genesis 39:6

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 39:6 becomes a luminous map of inner life. Potiphar's hands over all that he owns symbolize the exterior world yielding to a consistent inner assumption. Joseph's goodly frame and well-favoured countenance are not meant to convince us of mere biography; they reveal a state of consciousness—an I AM that is aware and unshaken. In Neville's psychology, the scene declares: you are the one who can be trusted with everything because you hold the awareness that you are inherently worthy and cared for. The man or woman who knows the I AM does not grasp at possessions; they radiate a stability that causes events, people, and favors to arrange themselves accordingly. The line 'he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat' hints at the one nourishment of the soul--self-confidence and discernment--while all else is given to his trust. When you inhabit Joseph's steadiness, your outer world becomes a field of responsibility folded into grace, and your goodly presence becomes your natural state.