Inner Providence of Genesis

Genesis 45:5-8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 45 in context

Scripture Focus

5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:5-8

Biblical Context

Joseph explains that their actions were part of a larger divine plan to preserve life during famine. He says it was God who sent him ahead, making him a ruler to save many lives.

Neville's Inner Vision

See in these verses not a chapter of history, but a pattern of your own consciousness. The famine represents a moment when a fixed sense of lack invites a bold movement of awareness. 'God did send me before you' becomes the realization that your I AM places you in positions where a great deliverance can occur. You are not at the mercy of others’ actions; you are the creator who arranges scenes in which life can be preserved and expanded. When you accept 'it was God' in you, grievance dissolves and you stand as a ruler over your inner land—not a tyrant, but the rightful authority of consciousness that can reorganize circumstances. The phrase 'to preserve you a posterity in the earth' points to the continuance of life through your present moment; your decisions are the meaning behind events, and your love becomes the energy that saves. Practice this: dwell in the feeling that your next move is divinely ordered, and that you, not others, are responsible for the outcome. Let the sense of providential intention settle in your chest as if your very awareness orders the field.

Practice This Now

Imitate the text by assuming your present circumstance is the instrument of divine order. Revise any grievance by silently declaring, 'God sent me here to preserve life,' and feel the truth as a real sensation in your chest.

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