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Greetings in the name of Christ.
If you are looking for Scriptural prooftexting for the Trinity, then I recommend starting with Genesis 18.
Genesis 18 [NIV]
1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. 4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. 5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way-now that you have come to your servant."
"Very well," they answered, "do as you say."
LORD = hwhy
Original Word = hwhy
Strong's Number: 03068
Word Origin = from (01961)
Parts of Speech = Proper Name
TWOT = 484a
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136
appeared = h)r
Original Word = Ra'ah
Strong's Number: 07200
Word Origin = a primitive root
Parts of Speech = Verb
TWOT = 2095
b ) (Niphal)
1) to appear, present oneself
2) to be seen
3) to be visible
LORD = ynd)
Original Word = 'Adonay
Strong's Number: 0136
Word Origin = am emphatic form of (0113)
Parts of Speech = Noun Masculine
TWOT = 27b
1) my lord, lord
1a) of men
1b) of God
2) Lord - title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence
In verse 1, the LORD (hwhy) "appeared, presented [himself]" (ra'ah) to Abraham as three men. In verse 3, Abraham addresses all three men as "[his] Lord" ('Adonay). And in verse 5, all three men answered Abraham at once.
The title 'Adonay is never applied to angelic beings. This clearly shows Abraham addressing the Trinity as the Lord and the Trinity answering.
Now let us consider Genesis 18:20-32:
Genesis 18 [NIV]
20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing-to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?"
"If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."
29 Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?"
He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."
30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?"
He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."
31 Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?"
He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it."
32 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?"
He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it."
Notice the following:
a) The Lord (hwhy) said "I will" go to Sodom and Gomorrah (verses 20 and 21), then two of the three men went to Sodom and Gomorrah (verse 22).
b) The third man or the Lord (hwhy), which remained standing near Abraham (verse 22), said "I will" not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if he found believers there (verse 26). But, as the reader observes in Genesis 19, the third man never went to Sodom and Gomorrah with the other two.
This is significant because it shows one man speaking for all three while using the first person singular, "I." And this is in contrast to when all three people spoke simultaneously in verses 5 and 9.
Therefore, Genesis 18 shows God acting as one being and three personages concurrently and coequally.