commonly designate this use of the plural as a “plural of majesty,” a plural used not to denote number but to intensify the characteristics inherent in the word. “In this intensive sense Elohim depicts the one true God as the infinitely great and exalted One, Who created the heavens and the earth, and Who preserves and governs every creature.”4 The combination “Lord God” (Yahweh Elohim) appears twenty times in chapters two and three, which is close to half the total number of times it appears in