19. “Elohim,” the Hebrew word from which we get the word “God” in Genesis 1:1, is a plural word and proves that God is more than one person.
Elohim is a plural word in the Hebrew language, but it is used in the plural and in the singular, kind of like our word sheep. In Exodus 7:1, God told Moses: “See, I have made thee a god (Elohim) to Pharaoh:” How many persons was Moses? In 1 Kings 18:24, Elijah used it both ways: “And call ye on the name of your gods (Elohim), and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God (Elohim) that answereth by fire, let him be God (Elohim).”
However, the King James Bible is written in English and not Hebrew. If you want Elohim to be plural in Genesis 1:1, you’ll have to add the “s” to the English word… “In the beginning gods created the heaven and the earth.” Is that really what we want to do?
People try the same tactic in Genesis 1:26—“Let us make man…” They want this to be one god person talking to two others. But, look at it in context…“God (singular) said, let there be light.” “And God said, let the waters bring forth…” “And God said, let us make man…”
Genesis 1:26 is interpreted by verse 27—“So God made man in his own image.” God said and God made. Us didn’t do anything in Genesis 1:26.