You are not treating the Hebrew correctly. Copy/paste from my earlier post on another thread: The verse in question is Gen 1:27: וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם The chireq-yod mem ending is the masculine plural ending for a word. I agree that this ending is used for both masculine plural and mixed-gender plural. To say that God has a gender at all is a bit silly, of course. We know that God is plural, he is three-in-one, father/son/holy spirit (or ghost if you prefer). A direct translation of the verse goes something like: and created/God/man/in his own image/in the image/of God/he created/them/male/and female/he created/them וַיִּבְרָ֨א/ אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀/ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙/ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ/ בְּצֶ֥לֶם/ אֱלֹהִ֖ים/ בָּרָ֣א/ אֹת֑וֹ/ זָכָ֥ר/ וּנְקֵבָ֖ה/ בָּרָ֥א/ אֹתָֽם (reading the Hebrew right to left, of course) I have to go to work; I'll get back to this later. Feel free in the meantime to point out to me which word doesn't actually have a meaning of "his" and "he". Edit: the word "bara" (create) occurs three times in this verse. Two of them are unconjugated, meaning the "he" is not explicit. However it is implied as a continuation of the sentence, as the first occurrence occurs as the qal imperfect third masculine singular. Or in other words, the first occurrence is explicitly "he created". Edit2: Look up "complex plural" and "majestic plural" usage in Hebrew for more info on Elohim. Elohim is used to refer both to the one true God as well as heathen "gods". The form of the verbs and adjectives give you the context to determine if Elohim is meant in the common plural or majestic (singular) plural.