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G-d consulted with the angels before creating Man and said, "Let us make Man." The lesson from this is that one should always seek advice, even from those who are inferior to you
Nachmanides says that "Let us create Man," is referring to G-d and the Earth. For man is "In our image and form." Man consists of a body, which is in the image and form of earth; and a soul which is in the image and form of G-d.
[In Genesis 3:22, "us" is referring to G-d and the Heavenly Court.]
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He says that G-d created us with the potential and capacity to become "a man" . He writes that "man is born incomplete and he must develop himself into the being he was intended to be" The Rabbi asks the question who is the "us" referring to in "let us make man" and why is this "us" only used in regards to the creation of man, and not with any other living thing? His answer is that "animals are created complete and do not need anything to become something other then they where created. Man however is an incomplete creature, and it was the divine intention that man work to develop himself into what he was intended to be.
So by using "us" God is saying to man " I am creating you with the potential and capacities to become what you should be, and you must do the rest. Man is it were, therefore participates in his own creation.
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