Why does God use the pronoun us in Genesis 1:26? In Genesis 1:26 God said let us make man in...

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@James25 In the Bible and in other Jewish literature such as the Jewish Babylonian Talmud, only Jews are considered humans and men. Gentiles are called animals, beasts, swine, snakes, dogs, etc.

The Israelites, Hebrews, Jews were almost always under the control of one of the dominant empires - Egyptian, Assyrian, Hittite, Babylonian, Roman, etc. All of the emperors and pharaohs considered themselves to be gods. So, maybe a Babylonian emperor just wanted them to be his stooges?

It can be a major error to think that the fairytale is about a celestial deity instead of just a series of ancient lunatics who thought that they were really "gods" instead of just crazy homicidal maniacs.

LadyGrace · 70-79

Because he was speaking of the Holy Trinity. God the Father, God the son, jesus, and God the Holy Spirit and they were conferring one with the other, in the plan of creation. That's why it said let US make man in our image.

TurtlePink · 22-25, F

Because it stands for The US

NewBecky · 51-55, F

1 God in 3 persons, unlike anything in His creation, except He made us in His image and likeness. Body, Soul, and Spirit. Wonderful observation!

Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M

Anunaki or the sons of God. They collectively made the world we live in. They are personas of The Most High. Ancient Nature Spirits that still exist and are worshipped

Carazaa · F

God was referring to The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Jesus is Elohim is Hebrew and was mentioned in the first sentenced in the Bible.

Axeroberts · 56-60, M

Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness];

57phoseman · 61-69, M

John 1:1-3 states that Christ was with God in the beginning, that He made all that was made. "Us" refers to Jehovah, or Christ, and Michael, or Adam,

BlueSkyKing · M

The Skeptics Annotated Bible site goes into detail on this.

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/gods.html

canusernamebemyusername · M

The other gods that were part of the Canaanite Pantheon at the time before Yahweh's narcissism got the better of him and they had a falling out. Particularly Baal and Yahweh's own wife Asherah.

fakable

it seems that this translation of the bible was made from the arabic language.

in order to exalt the speaker of that language, this method of speech is considered normal.

Subsumedpat · 36-40, M

That is not what it says in the first place, you are reading a translation of the Hebrew, I don't know what it said but I do know it was not in English and translations are often tricky.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

Good question, James. The fact of the matter is, Judaism was not always monotheistic in nature. In nature. The original Hebrew tribe actually broke away from the Canaanites, who worshiped numerous gods, including El, the supreme god, and Yahweh, a lesser ranking battle god. When the Hebrews made a clean break from the Canaanites, they merged the concept of El with the concept of Yahweh, creating a new god who was jealous of the other gods, and commanded the Hebrews to kill everyone who stood in their way.

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