Canaan Burial, Inner Return

Genesis 50:12-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Genesis 50 in context

Scripture Focus

12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
Genesis 50:12-14

Biblical Context

Jacob is buried in the land of Canaan as commanded, and Joseph with his brothers return to Egypt; the rite marks a transition in their memory and life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 50:12-14 presents a script where a command is obeyed in a literal sense, yet the true act is inward. The burial into the land of Canaan is the inner movement of consciousness from a worn identity to a new covenant of being. The cave of Machpelah and the field of Ephron symbolize buried impressions and possessions of memory; to bury father is to lay to rest the old image of limitation. When Joseph and his brothers transport the body and return to Egypt, the outward journey mirrors the inward shift: you leave behind the old story and carry forward a new sense of self that already resides in your promised land. This is the nature of God as I AM: a state you re-enter by imagining it, not by seeking it outside. The act demonstrates that all events are movements of mind, and the burial is simply the turning of attention toward a state that aligns with abundance, loyalty, and purpose. So, make the inner relocation real by assuming you are already where you long to be, and let the outer affairs follow the inner conviction.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the old story buried in Machpelah, then feel yourself dwelling in the land of Canaan now. Carry this sense of the I AM forward in the next choice.

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