Elohim and Us in Gen 1
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:25 am
So, Genesis 1:26 (MT) says, "And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness;"
Yet 1:27 states, "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him"
Is there a reasonable argument that the "us" in 1:26 is not referring to "other gods", but is instead referring to Elohim, given that Elohim itself is the plural of Eloah?
1:27 differs from the Septuagint, and is likely a later revision. If 1:26 uses Us in relation to the plural Elohim, then why doesn't 1:27 follow this same approach?
Is there a reasonable case that the us in 1:26 implies an original version of the text in which God was shown to be in conversation with other gods?
Yet 1:27 states, "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him"
Is there a reasonable argument that the "us" in 1:26 is not referring to "other gods", but is instead referring to Elohim, given that Elohim itself is the plural of Eloah?
1:27 differs from the Septuagint, and is likely a later revision. If 1:26 uses Us in relation to the plural Elohim, then why doesn't 1:27 follow this same approach?
Is there a reasonable case that the us in 1:26 implies an original version of the text in which God was shown to be in conversation with other gods?