Neville Goddard on Genesis 41:17-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 41 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Genesis 41:17-24

Biblical Context

Pharaoh recounts a dream with seven fat kine and seven lean kine, followed by seven good ears and seven withered ears; none could interpret it. The dream is presented as a divinely guided message about future events, later interpreted by Joseph as a pattern of abundance and famine.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 41:17-24 presents a dream that refuses to be read as foreign omen and invites you to read it as a map of your own atmosphere. The river becomes the flow of life in your awareness; the seven fat kine and the seven lean ones are two states of consciousness that arise in the same mind. When the lean, starving cattle eat the fat ones, you are shown how a clouded, fearful state threatens the already established image of abundance. Yet the form remains until you see that the dream is not external prophecy but a mirror of your inner assumption. The ears of corn are thoughts and possibilities; the good ears and the blasted ones show how a belief in lack or limitation can vanish before the living image you hold. Joseph's interpretation reveals that a single consistent idea, held in the I AM, can marshal the entire psyche toward a destined outcome. The dream ends by clearing the confusion: there is one ruler inside you directing abundance once you align your inner state with the truth that God is consciousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling of the abundant state as real now; visualize the seven fat kine feeding, the lean ones dissolving, and hear yourself say I AM the ruler of this mind. Do this for a minute, letting the image feel complete before returning to ordinary activity.