A CORRESPONDENT writes thus: “Hebrew scholars tell us that the word God in the first two chapters of Genesis is Elohim, plural in the original. If the Elohim were angels they acted under the authority of the living God,” etc. It is true that the word is plural in form, but not in construction. The word “created” in Gen. 1:1, is singular; literally, he created; not they created. And so of the verbs in the several verses where the word Elohim occurs. The plural form was used as an indication of majesty or power. This form of expression was largely adopted by governors or kings, who used the pronoun we instead of I. Thus in the decree of Artaxerxes, Ezra 7:24, “Also we certify you,” etc. The force of this method of expression is now weakened by the greater prevalence of the custom, as not only all editors but many public speakers use the plural pronoun first person for the singular. The word Elohim does not refer to the angels, but to the one God, the Creator of all. We read in Deut. 6:4: “Hear, O Israel; Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah.” It is first coupled with the name Jehovah in Gen. 2:4, and rendered together, Lord God. It would be an exceedingly faulty rendering to say Jehovah angels. Every law of the language forbids that it should be construed in the plural.