Neville Goddard on Genesis 7:6-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 7 in context

Scripture Focus

6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Genesis 7:6-10

Biblical Context

Noah, aged six hundred, enters the ark with his wife and his sons and their wives to escape the flood; after seven days the waters come upon the earth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the ark as the inner sanctuary of your mind, a fortified state of consciousness you enter by quiet, faithful imagining. The flood represents the external conditions pressing upon you, but the doorway is already opened by obedience to your inner command. Noah's age—six hundred—signals a long period of preparation and alignment with a single divine I AM. When Noah enters the ark with his wife and sons, he does so by the word of God within; in Neville's terms, the I AM commands the form your life will take. The waters cannot harm a mind that has chosen its state and abides there, for the ark does not fear waves— it is the awareness that holds the waves immovable. The instruction to bring all creatures reflects the wholeness of your inner life invited into your consciousness. The key is to dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, not in the fear of the flood. Your present circumstances reflect your inner movement; transform the movement, and the outward event follows.

Practice This Now

Practice: close your eyes and assume the ark-state of safety and obedience, feeling it as real now. Then proceed in life from that certainty, as if the flood has already passed.