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NASB | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:26 ¶ 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]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth." [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3] |
Bible Question:
Gen. 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [1] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Why GOD said LET US (who was He talking to??.. ) someone asked me this and had no adequate answer. Pls. help me with the WORD. Thanks and blessings |
Bible Answer: Tamed - Genesis 1:26 is the first clear indication in the Bible of the triunity of God -- God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (See also Gen. 3:22 and 11:7). The very name of God (Gen. 1:1) is Elohim in the Hebrew, a plural form of El. The distinctive and essential Christian doctrine of the trinity is not polytheistic, as detractors maintain, but wholly monotheistic -- one God in three Persons. The Amplified Bible (q.v.) gives an excellent rendition of Gen. 1:26 --Hank |