Genesis 8:22 – 9:7: A Neville Goddard Interpretation (BBE)
This passage of Genesis, read through Neville Goddard’s Law of Assumption, unfolds as a step-by-step guide to conscious creation. Each verse offers a symbolic key to understanding how our inner assumptions “seed” the world we experience.
1. The Unbroken Cycle of Creation
Genesis 8:22 (BBE)
“While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.”
Here, “earth” symbolizes the subconscious min - ever-productive and fertile. “Seed time” is the inner act of assuming a new state; “getting in of the grain” is its inevitable outer manifestation. The shifting seasons and alternations of day and night represent all external conditions. Neville teaches that no matter how circumstances fluctuate, the creative law remains faithful: what you assume in feeling, you will reap in form.
2. The New Self-Concept and Its Dominion
Genesis 9:1–2 (BBE)
“And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.”
After the cleansing flood, God’s blessing confirms the new self-concept. “Be fertile, and have increase” speaks to the proliferating power of a sustained assumption - once you embody I AM renewed, its effects multiply across every area of experience. The “fear of you” in beasts and birds illustrates mastery over subconscious impulses: these forces bow to the authority of your imagined reality rather than overpower you.
3. Wholesome Nourishment and Sacred Limits
Genesis 9:3–4 (BBE)
“You may now eat anything that lives and moves. Before, I gave you the green plants to eat. Now I give you everything to eat as your food.
But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.”
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Green Plants: The “green herb” of Genesis 1:11 represents the pure, life-sustaining assumptions—simple, wholesome ideas that nourish new realities without complication.
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Everything That Lives: “Moving things” are the dynamic thoughts and emotions within us. To “eat” them means to assimilate and direct every inner experience toward your chosen identity.
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Life-Blood Prohibition: Blood is the vital essence, the living I AM within all forms. The injunction against consuming flesh with its blood warns against destroying the creative life-force by negative or violent assumptions. It calls for respect and honour toward the divine self-awareness animating every manifestation.
4. The Law of Mental Reciprocity
Genesis 9:5 (BBE)
“And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man”
Every inner assumption carries its accounting. To “take payment” signifies that negative or destructive beliefs yield an equal harvest against yourself. Note that “brother-man” here does not refer to other people, but to aspects of your own mind—the closest facets of your consciousness. When you violate or deny these inner aspects (through guilt, envy, or resentment), the subconscious mind mirrors that violation back to you.
5. Honouring the Divine Self-Concept
Genesis 9:6 (BBE)
“Whoever takes a man’s life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.”
“Man” is the self-concept, the living I AM within you. To “take a man’s life” is to assault that sacred inner awareness—whether by self-doubt, self-criticism, or projecting negativity onto your own mental states. The creative law is clear: what you assume with feeling returns to you. Honouring the “image of God” means protecting and uplifting the divine self-concept in every aspect of your mind.
6. The Final Charge to Abundance
Genesis 9:7 (BBE)
“And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.”
The article concludes with a renewed blessing of abundance. “Be fertile and have increase” reaffirms that the richer and more sustained your inner assumption, the more plentiful your outer harvest. The cycle of seedtime (assumption) and harvest (manifestation) stands irrevocable: guard your imagination, cherish your I AM, and witness your world transform in harmony with your chosen identity.
Conclusion
From unceasing natural cycles (Genesis 8:22), through the blessing of a renewed self-concept (Genesis 9:1–2), the nourishment of pure assumptions (Genesis 9:3–4), the warning of mental reciprocity (Genesis 9:5–6), to the final exhortation toward abundance (Genesis 9:7), this section of Genesis serves as an initiatory manual for Neville Goddard’s Law of Assumption. It reminds us that our imagination is the fertile ground, feelings water the seeds, and persistent assumption guarantees an abundant reality. Guard your inner world, for it alone fashions the life you live.
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