“We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.”

—  Rashi

Commenting on Gen. 1:26; why does it say "Let us make man"?
Commentary on Genesis

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