theo102 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, pi3141 said: No other Gods have been mentioned, in the next verse God is referred to in the singular. The first word of the verse is singular, the rest are plural. It's unusual to get a sentence with words having inconsistent number like this, and it only happens when the sentence has the word "elohim". If you were to translate it into English, then "Elohim said, 'let us make mankind in our image ...'" would be pretty close. You can get some insight into how there is a singular speaker by taking a look at the start of Exodus 20. The chapter break is in the wrong place, it doesn't make sense unless you read Exodus 19:25 first. https://biblehub.com/interlinear/exodus/19-25.htm https://biblehub.com/interlinear/exodus/20-1.htm https://biblehub.com/interlinear/exodus/20-2.htm Edited May 27, 2022 by theo102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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