Throughout the early books of the bible the term "elohim" is used... this is a plural of "eloi" and means quite literally "the gods..." however, by the time these books were translated into Greek, Latin, English, german et al, the belief in a single god had become entrenched.... hence the awkward references to multiple gods were glossed over..... and "elohim" was (mis) translated as God.... remember, the original Hebrews had many gods.... even a cursory reading of the Bible shows the development of the judaeo-Christian belief system from belief in many gods, through the preferential worship of one god rather than the others, to the belief in a single god....