Inner Exodus of Seventy

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, this verse is not about geography but the inner census of consciousness. The 'sons of Joseph, born in Egypt' are two inner powers born within you under pressure, while 'the house of Jacob' numbering seventy speaks of the complete set of states of awareness that have come into a new atmosphere, the life-experience now called Egypt. Egypt represents a situation that seems foreign to the Promised Land of your true self, a condition fashioned by your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. The count of seventy implies wholeness and fulfillment, not mere quantity; it signals that every facet of your inner life has moved into this present circumstance under the benevolent guidance of the I AM. Providence and guidance are not outside you; they are your own awareness directing events toward a favorable outcome. Your I AM sees the whole family as present, even the two 'sons' born in Egypt, two fresh ideas or impulses now housed within you, so the exodus begins within by a mental shift: cease identifying with lack, assume the present reality of that complete household, and let it feel real.