Neville Goddard on Genesis 47:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 47 in context

Scripture Focus

18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

19Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Genesis 47:18-19

Biblical Context

The famine-driven negotiation shows people surrendering money, cattle, and land to Pharaoh to obtain bread, praying to live and keep seeds for the land's revival.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 47:18-19 appears as a map of inner life. The famine facing an entire people becomes the moment you discover you have forgotten your I AM, and have mistaken circumstance for reality. Money spent, cattle gone, land at risk—these are not only things external; they are states of consciousness you have assumed. The land is your life situation; seed is the idea planted by your imagination; bread is the provision that flows from the I AM. Pharaoh is the outward frame your awareness has submitted to, the mind that governs experiences when you forget you are the governor. The appeal to buy back life through servitude reveals a belief that power lies outside. To redeem it, you do not bargain with the world, you revise the inner picture. Return to the I AM, claim seed and bread as already yours, feel the life returning to your fields, hear the land begin to sprout again under your attention. Imagination creates reality; by choosing a new inner state, you convert famine into abundance.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of abundance now: I am the I AM, and seed and bread are mine already. Feel it real in your chest as you plant mental seed in your inner field and watch life sprout.