English of Core Text: Rav Yehudah raised a contradiction: It is written “in the image of God He created him,” and it is written “male and female He created them.” How is this? At first it arose in thought to create two, and in the end one was created.
On the daf / in context: The classic resolution used in the sheva berachos and elsewhere: original plan dual, actual creation singular (from which the pair was later formed).
Type of Learning: Custom (plan vs. actual creation of humankind)What Is Learned: The Divine plan initially contemplated two; the actual creation was of one.