Inner Provision In Genesis 47

Genesis 47:19-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 47 in context

Scripture Focus

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.
20And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Genesis 47:19-22

Biblical Context

Genesis 47:19–22 describes a famine-era shift where land is bought by Pharaoh, people are moved to cities, and priests’ lands remain with them.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard manner, the famine and the transfer of land are not external calamities but states of consciousness. Pharaoh represents the organized, outer governance of life—those habits and conditions that crowd the mind with scarcity. When the people offer their land for bread, they reveal a belief that only the visible economy can sustain them. Yet the inner faculty, Joseph, is your I AM awareness—a principle that reorganizes the outer scene to match inner truth. The land becoming Pharaoh’s serves as a symbolic turning point: once you acknowledge that your outer world is a projection of your inner state, you can claim it through the act of inner governance. The seed given for life is the germ of a new belief—an inner conviction that sustains existence even when appearances are barren. The priests’ lands remain because their portion points to a spiritual trust beyond mere possession. The chapter thus teaches that your consciousness can convert lack into abundance by aligning with the inner governor who distributes supply, irrespective of current appearances.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and repeat, 'I am the land and the seed; the I AM within me provides bread now.' Feel the relief of abundance as if the famine never existed.

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