Neville Goddard on Genesis 47:16-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 47 in context

Scripture Focus

16And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

Genesis 47:16-17

Biblical Context

Joseph instructs to exchange cattle for bread if money fails; they bring their livestock and are fed bread in return for their cattle for the year.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joseph stands as the inner governor of consciousness, offering a new currency when outer wealth collapses. The cattle, horses, and flocks symbolize your faculties—faith, courage, imagination, and the capacity to love—tradeable for bread when the outer market yields nothing. When money fails, the text shows they produce what they own, and Joseph feeds them bread in exchange for all their cattle for the year. This reveals the inner economy of the I AM: supply comes not from a bank, but from the states of consciousness you accept as real. You may fear scarcity, yet by affirming 'I AM provision' and imagining bread flowing in, you stop being ruled by lack. Exchanging outer symbols for inner nourishment is a revision of belief: you are not a victim of circumstance but a creator who can supply through imagination.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet and declare, 'I AM the bread I need.' In your imagination, exchange your inner cattle for bread and feel the nourishment as already given.