- creating a human character -

Humans are made in God's image: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

The Hebrew word used here for 'created' is bara' = creation out of nothing (ex nihilo). 

So, God created man out of nothing. But in Genesis 2:7 we read that: "The Lord God formed man out of the dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being."

The Hebrew word for 'formed' is yasar = created out of existing substance.

So, this is the difference between creation and form. We cannot create in the material world. We can only form the matter.

So what was actually the item that God created out of nothing? Not a man nor a woman, but his own image, both male and female.