Neville Goddard on Genesis 46:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 46 in context

Scripture Focus

2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Genesis 46:2-3

Biblical Context

God speaks to Israel (Jacob) in a dream-vision, calling his name; Jacob answers Here am I. Then God identifies Himself as the God of his fathers and tells him not to fear going to Egypt, for He will make him into a great nation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 46:2-3 invites you to hear God not as a distant ruler, but as the I AM within your own mind. The night visions are the movements of your inner state; when Jacob hears the call, you are being summoned to awaken to your true identity. His reply Here am I is the ready acceptance of consciousness—an I AM that answers the call of awareness. Then God speaks I am God, the God of thy father, which is your inner sense of covenant—the continuity of self with all noble states. The command fear not to go down into Egypt speaks to leaving the mental Egypt of limitation; you are invited to move through appearance, knowing the I AM is with you. And the promise for I will there make of thee a great nation is the assurance that within you the seed of greatness grows by your steadfast faith. The outer scene Egypt is a symbolic stage for the inner birth; imagination, rightly held, creates the seen world. So, dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, and speak from that presence, and your life will answer with abundance.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the I AM presence now; revise any fear by declaring I go into my Egypt with the I AM within, and feel the certainty of a great nation arising in my life.