Neville Goddard on Genesis 42:6-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 42 in context

Scripture Focus

6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

11We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

13And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

Genesis 42:6-14

Biblical Context

Joseph, the governor, tests his brothers by acting distant and accusing them of being spies. They insist they are honest men and reveal their twelve brothers, while Joseph remembers the dreams he had about them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joseph in this tale is the I AM, the governor of your inner land who rules the entire field of experience. The brothers are the many states of mind that come to this valley to seek nourishment of belief. When Joseph sees them and speaks roughly, this is your consciousness testing a belief about others—the old sense that some parts of you are alien to the rest. He recalls the dreams you once had of their unity, and he declares, 'Ye are spies'—a call to look at the naked truth of the land you are entering. Yet the dream of unity is always there: 'We are all one man's sons.' The test is not to prove separation but to provoke a revision of consciousness. Providence, the inner directing idea, governs the scene; the 'youngest with our father' points to the eternal present moment you now possess. As you watch this drama within, you are invited to align every appearing part of you with the one governing I AM, seeing that every face and circumstance is within your own being, and the dream of unity is already true in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare: I am the governor of this life; within me all scenes are revised by the I AM. Then revise a current situation by affirming, 'We are all one in consciousness,' and feel the reality of that unity now.