If God is only God the Father then there is no need for the Old Testament writers to address God in plural forms. Here are some examples of plural verbs that refer to Yahveh. The examples are taken from Yoel Natan’s “The Jewish Trinity”. Please refer to pages 249-263 for detailed explanation of these versus.
| Genesis 1:26 | Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness |
| Genesis 2:18 (LXX) | It is not good that the man should be alone. Let us make him a suitable helper. |
| Genesis 3:5 (LXX) | … you would be as Gods, knowing good and evil |
| Genesis 3:22 | Yahveh Elohim said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. |
| Genesis 11:7 | Yahveh said “Let us descend and confuse” |
| Genesis 20:13 | Abraham said, “Elohim, they caused [plural verb] me to wander. |
| Genesis 35:7 | Jacob called the place Bethel, since “[All] The Gods [haElohim], they appeared |
| Exodus 12:36 | Yahveh gave his people favor in the sight of Egyptians and They [Yahveh] caused them [Egyptians] to give, and thus they plundered the Egyptians. |
| Exodus 32:1, 4, 5, 8 & 23 | make us [Israelite] Elohim who will go [plural verb] before us |
| Exodus 33:14-15 | Yahveh [the Father] replied, “My presences [Hebrew plural Panim], they will go [plural verb] with you, and I will give you rest.’ |
| Deuteronomy 5:26 | For what mortal man has ever heard the voice of the living Gods [plurals: khayyim Elohim] speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? |
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