זוהר, בראשית מ״בZohar, Bereshit 42

Segment 1א׳

תּוּ אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן כְּתִיב וְכֹּל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ וְכָל עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִצְמָח כִּי לֹא הִמְטִיר יְיָ אֱלהִים עַל הָאָרֶץ וְגו'. וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה אִלֵּין אִילָנִין רַבְרְבִין לִנְטִיעוּ לְבָתַר וְהֲווּ זְהִירִין.

AND NO PLANT OF THE FIELD WAS YET IN THE EARTH ETC. R. Simeon said further: ‘These are the great trees which were planted out later, but as yet were tiny.

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, אָדָם וְחַוָּה דָּא בְּסִטְרָא דְדָא אִתְבְּרִיאוּ. מַאי טַעְמָא לָא אִתְבְּרִיאוּ אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין. בְּגִין דִּכְתִיב כִּי לא הִמְטִיר יְיָ אֱלהִים עַל הָאָרֶץ וְזִווּגָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּתִקּוּנִיהּ כְּדְקָא יְאוּת. וְכַד אִתְתָּקָנוּ הַאי דִלְתַתָּא וְאִתְהַדָּרוּ אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין כְּדֵין אִשְׁתְּכַח לְעֵילָא.

We have stated that Adam and Eve were created side by side. Why were they not created face to face? Because “the Lord God had not yet caused it to rain upon the earth” (Gen. 2, 5), and the union of heaven and earth was not yet firmly established. When the lower union was perfected and Adam and Eve were turned face to face, then the upper union was consummated.

Segment 3ג׳

מְנָלָן מִן הַמִּשְׁכָּן דִּכְתִיב, (שמות מ׳:י״ז) הוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן בְּגִין דְּמִשְׁכָּן אָחֳרָא אִתָּקַם עִמֵּיהּ. וְעַד לָא אִתָּקַם לְתַתָּא לָא אִתָּקַם לְעֵילָא. אוּף הָכָא כַּד אִתְתָּקַם לְתַתָּא אִתְתָּקַם לְעֵילָא. וּבְגִין דְּעַד כְּעָן לָא אִתְתָּקַן לְעֵילָא לָא אִתְבְּרִיאוּ אַנְפִּין בְּאַנְפִּין. וּקְרָא אוֹכַח דִּכְתִיב כִּי לא הִמְטִיר יְיָ אֱלהִים עַל הָאָרֶץ. וּבְגִינֵי כָךְ וְאָדָם אַיִן דְּלָא הֲוָה בְּתִקּוּנֵיהּ.

We know this from the case of the Tabernacle, of which we have learnt that another tabernacle was erected with it, and that the upper one was not raised till the lower one was raised; and similarly here. Further, since all was not yet in order above, Adam and Eve were not created face to face. The order of verses in the Scripture proves this: for first we read, “For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth”, and then “there was not a man to till the ground”, the meaning being that man was still defective, and only when Eve was perfected was he also perfected.