Neville Goddard on Genesis 7:17-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 7 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:17-20

Biblical Context

The passage depicts rising floodwaters lifting the ark and eventually covering the mountains, signaling a total reset and renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this story, the flood is not a calamity to be endured, but a turning of consciousness. The waters that rise represent the intensifying thoughts and feelings of a state you believe to be true. The ark, carried and finally lifted above the earth, is your sense of self housed in a fixed I AM, the inner conviction that your nature remains untouched by the storm. As the waters prevail and cover the mountains, you are being asked to surrender the old view—let it be swept away by a deeper realization that you are the one who imagines. The ark does not fight the flood; it rides it, guided by the certainty that the sea obeys your inward decree. When you persist in the finished picture—your life already in alignment with health, abundance, or harmony—the outward scene must bend to your inner assumption. This is not detaching from life but awakening to the truth that God, the I AM, moves through you as you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes tonight and imagine you are already in the ark, the flood lifts you, mountains vanish beneath you; dwell in the feeling of I AM being complete in you.