Neville Goddard on Genesis 5:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 5 in context

Scripture Focus

3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Genesis 5:3-5

Biblical Context

Genesis 5:3-5 records Adam’s long life, the birth of Seth in his image, and his eventual death. It hints at how life unfolds within consciousness: a new inner image arises, persists, and the old self passes away.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, Adam is a state of consciousness, a pattern of who you think you are. Seth is the inner seed born within that self, an image formed in the likeness of the whole. The eight hundred years after Seth’s birth symbolize how long an inner quality remains active in mind before it shifts, not literal time. When Adam dies, the old identity yields to a living center of awareness that continues as the one Self. The record teaches that creation flows from images—inner, not outer—so your life follows the images you nourish. You are always standing within a present moment that births a consistent form; the likeness of Seth within you is your own rising order. To apply, dwell in the feeling that a new idea is already your reality, revise your self-concept accordingly, and let the feeling of the I AM carry that image into every circumstance.