The account of Abraham selecting a wife for Isaac is more than a historical narrative. Within a psychological and metaphysical framework — particularly as understood through Neville Goddard’s teachings — it outlines a process of assumption: one that involves faith, imagination, feeling, and divine law working in harmony.
This isn’t a story about romance. It is a symbolic account of how the mind must bind itself to the correct inner state in order to bring forth what has been promised.
Abraham as the Initiating Authority of Faith
Abraham represents the source of faith — the part of the self that sets the foundation for assumption. He embodies the understanding that “whatever you assume to be true becomes your reality.” In the story, Abraham directs the process with clear intention, ensuring the mind binds itself to what is aligned and lawful.
Psychologically, this shows that conscious assumption must not unite with just any emotional state. It must be joined to one that is lawful, stable, and harmonious with the originating faith. Abraham initiates that process — not Isaac — because faith precedes the union of thought and feeling.
This reflects the meaning of Genesis 2:24:
"A man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Leaving father and mother symbolises releasing old emotional patterns and inherited beliefs. Cleaving is the deliberate uniting of consciousness to a new inner condition — one that is life-giving and sustaining.
The Servant as Disciplined Imagination
The servant — traditionally named Eliezer, meaning “God is help” — represents the obedient and discerning use of imagination. He is not aimless; he moves under instruction, guided by signs of alignment and readiness. His prayer for a specific response — and his willingness to wait for it — reveals a deeply disciplined and receptive imagination.
This servant is the part of us that knows not every emotional state is fit to carry assumption into form. He watches for qualities: generosity, calm action, willingness — all signs of an inner state that is fertile and able to support creation.
Manifestation, then, requires more than assumption. It demands discernment of the correct internal feeling, the inner environment that will receive and nurture the assumed desire.
Rebekah as Receptive State of Feeling
Rebekah’s name means “to tie firmly” or “to bind” (the choicest vine). She represents the inner state of feeling that willingly joins with assumption. She is not just emotion — she is feeling with intention, deep receptivity, and quiet strength.
Rebekah is found at the well — the place of water, a symbol of life and consciousness. Her actions — drawing water not only for the servant but also for his camels — represent the generous, ready state of awareness that goes beyond what is required. She does not hesitate; she responds from fullness. This is the state of consciousness that is prepared to receive the seed of assumption and nourish it into form.
In this way, she is not just compatible with Isaac — she is of the same essence.
This is echoed in Genesis 2:23:
"This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh."
This is the moment of internal recognition — assumption and feeling are now aligned. The word has found its emotional counterpart. It is this internal resonance — not outer circumstance — that makes the union fruitful.
Cleaving to the Chosen State
Genesis 2:24 continues:
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
This is not simply a marital commandment — it is a metaphysical law. When Isaac receives Rebekah, he brings her into Sarah’s tent. Sarah, the prior mother-state (past belief), is now gone. Rebekah replaces her — not with grief, but with comfort. Isaac is restored, stabilized, and fulfilled. The new state becomes home.
To cleave in this context means to unite your awareness with the new feeling, to embody it without returning to the old self. It is the act of living from the end, of letting your entire self be defined by the new condition.
From this union, life flows.
Conclusion: The Law of Inner Marriage
The story of Isaac and Rebekah is not a tale of arranged marriage — it is a pattern for the marriage of imagination and feeling, of desire and inner conviction.
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Abraham, the father of faith, initiates the process.
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The servant, disciplined imagination, seeks a suitable state.
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Rebekah, the feeling-response, reveals herself through readiness and action.
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Isaac receives her and is comforted — manifestation is complete.
Abraham's choice in Rebekah is intentional. She is the intended state of feeling, chosen by the law of faith. Genesis 2:23–24 reveals that this process is one of recognition and commitment: the soul must bind itself to a new inner reality and cleave to it without returning to the past.
In Neville’s language, this is the moment when you become one with the thing hoped for, when you no longer desire — you are. The union is not between people, but between states of being. And it is through that union that the promise becomes flesh, visible and fulfilled.
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