Neville Goddard on Genesis 48:19-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 48 in context

Scripture Focus

19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:19-20

Biblical Context

Jacob acknowledges that Ephraim, though younger, will become great, and his seed shall be a multitude; Ephraim is set before Manasseh and blessed.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner ear, this narrative speaks not of distant tribes but of the I AM awakening a new ruler within you. Jacob’s blessing is the psychology of your own consciousness. The elder, Manasseh, represents a safe, inherited status quo, while the younger Ephraim embodies a fresh energy, a latent possibility seed that you have not yet allowed to occupy the throne of your life. When Jacob says the younger shall be greater, he is not predicting some future accident but naming the inner movement of awareness: the surprise ascent of a new state of consciousness that carries its own abundance. Your real fortune is not in outward lineage but in the alignment of your inner vision with God—the awareness that you are the I AM, the one who blesses, set, and calls forth your greater self. Therefore, let the younger impulse be exalted in your mind; affirm that your "second" nature is the nature destined for greatness, and watch the world rearrange itself to reflect that inner dominion. The blessing "In thee shall Israel bless" becomes the assurance that your daily thoughts bless your destiny.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes; assume you are Ephraim—the younger potential destined for greatness—and feel the blessing as already real: 'God make me as Ephraim,' while releasing any old fear of being second.