Neville Goddard on Genesis 47:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 47 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Genesis 47:9-10

Biblical Context

Jacob, at 130, calls his years a pilgrimage. He says the days have been few and evil, not equal to the life of his fathers.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 47:9-10 unfolds as Jacob naming his long years a pilgrimage—a spiritual journey that the outer clock cannot imprison. He says the days have been few and evil, not matching the life-peace of his fathers, signaling that outer chronology is not the measure of inner truth. In Neville’s language, the real Jacob is the I AM behind the aging body and the Pharaoh-ruled scene. The contrast with his fathers points to shifting states of consciousness, not a family line. Jacob’s blessing of Pharaoh as he departs reveals a mind at peace in its divine identity, undisturbed by appearances. The outer scene—famine, rulership, aging—becomes a backdrop for an inner consent: I am, therefore I choose, therefore I endure. The years are simply the length of an inner agreement with God; vitality flows from faith, trust, and the practice of blessing what is seen. Endurance is a chosen attitude, a present-tense alignment with the I AM, not a memory-bound condition. Thus the pilgrimage becomes a dynamic practice—a conscious assertion that consciousness creates the seen world.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am the I AM; these years are the length of my inner pilgrimage, and I now bless this scene.' Feel a warm release as you picture stepping forward from the scene into your own bright day.