Neville Goddard on Genesis 47:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 47 in context

Scripture Focus

8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Genesis 47:8-9

Biblical Context

Pharaoh asks Jacob his age; Jacob says his life has been a short, challenging pilgrimage, not as long as his ancestors'.

Neville's Inner Vision

Pharaoh’s question is the outer world asking, What is your state of consciousness? Jacob’s reply reveals that the 'days of the years of my pilgrimage' are inner movements, not a fatal tally of years. The phrase 'few and evil' is a belief, an inner decree, not a law of life. If you are willing to work with I AM as your true center, you can revise those days into a longer, richer procession of awareness. See the 'fathers'—the older states you carry—as a heritage you have overcome in imagination, not a ceiling upon your life. Begin now with a deliberate assumption: I am the I AM that sustains all my years; my pilgrimage is long, serene, and fruitful. Feel the reality of those longer days as if they already existed, and let appearances in the outer world echo that inner posture. This is the technique: you are not bound by age or circumstance; you are awakening to a broader interior life that time cannot conquer.

Practice This Now

Assume a new inner premise now: 'The days of my pilgrimage are long, peaceful, and purposeful.' Feel it as real by breathing slowly, and let the sense of timeless I AM fill you.