In Genesis 1:26 who is speaking? The Elohim, the gods. Who are these or who is this? Plural or single person? Gods or God? Answer from other scriptures? Psalms say gods plural over whom God is sole great king. Exodus says gods plural (chapter 18) over whom God Yahweh is proved to be king because the gods could not help Egypt when God Yahweh was against Egypt. So in SCRIPTURE Elohim means ‘the gods’ with Yahweh as king over THEM. In translations, though, mainly Trinitarian but also Jewish (rabbinic and Talmudic) Genesis 1:1 Elohim is translated God. I believe the scripture (Exodus and Psalms) interpretation of the scripture. I am fairly sure the Trinitarian and Jewish translators understood it wrong. Man was made in the image of angels, gods, and possibly the image of the Son of Man spirit before His incarnation, not necessarily of the Father, although it is safe to understand that these Elohim archangels are themselves in the image of the Father to some extent, since they are sometimes in scripture (Genesis 6, Job 1) called the sons of God.
