Neville Goddard on Genesis 5:12-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:12-20

Biblical Context

The verses record the births and long lifespans of Cainan, Mahalaleel, and Jared, showing a genealogical sequence that ends with their deaths, depicting a steady line from one generation to the next.

Neville's Inner Vision

See these verses as a vivid picture of your inner world. Cainan’s seventy years before begetting Mahalaleel signals the moment a fresh state of consciousness is formed within you—an idea, a conviction, a new way of seeing. The eight hundred forty years after that birth represents how long you allow that state to govern your inner life, giving rise to further expressions (the ‘sons and daughters’ of your mind) as beliefs, habits, and feelings. Mahalaleel’s sixty-five years before Jared marks another refinement, and the subsequent eight hundred thirty years depict the sustained dominance of that refined state, along with its outward manifestations. Jared’s 162 years before Enoch suggests deep cultivation of awareness, and the eight hundred years after reveal a broad era of its fruitfulness. The total span (the long calendars of life) points to the way your overall sense of self endures or shifts. Providence, in Neville’s sense, is the movement of awareness that persists; death equals a dying state, making way for a higher expression of I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: I AM the consciousness that births a new, wiser state within me now. As you breathe, revise a current belief and feel it real that this fresh state begins to govern your life from this moment.