זוהר, בשלח ט״זZohar, Beshalach 16

Segment 1א׳

(שמות ט״ו:ב׳) עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ. רִבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים קל״ט:ה׳) אָחוֹר וְקֹדֶם צַרְתָּנִי וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה. כַּמָּה אִצְטְרִיכוּ בְּנֵי נָשָׁא לְיַקָרָא לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּגִין דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא כַּד בָּרָא עָלְמָא, אִסְתָּכַּל בֵּיהּ בָּאָדָם לְמֶהוֵי שַׁלִּיט עַל כֹּלָּא. (נ"א למהוי שלים בכלא ואתברי דו פרצופין) וַהֲוָה דָּאמֵי לְעִלָּאִין וְתַתָּאִין. נָחַת לֵיהּ בִּדְמוּת יַקִּירָא, וְחָמוּ לֵיהּ בִּרְיָין, כְּדֵין אִתְכְּנָשׁוּ לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְסָגִידוּ לָקֳבְלֵיהּ, וְאֵימָתָא וְדַחֲלָא נָפְלַת עָלַיְיהוּ מִדַּחַלְתֵּיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (בראשית ט׳:ב׳) וּמוֹרַאֲכֶם וְחִתְּכֶם יִהְיֶה עַל כָּל חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וְעַל כָּל עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם.

R. Hiya discoursed on the verse: Thou hast beset me behind and before, and hast laid thine hand upon me (Ps. 139, 5). He said: ‘How greatly is it incumbent on the children of men to glorify the Holy One, blessed be He! For when He created the world He looked on man and designed to make him to rule over all earthly things. He was of dual form and resembled both celestial and earthly beings. The Lord sent him down in splendour, so that when the lesser creatures beheld the glory of his state they fell down before him in awe, as it says: “And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every fowl of the earth” (Gen. 9, 2).

Segment 2ב׳

עַיְילֵיהּ לְגִנְתֵּיהּ דְּנָטַע, לְנַטְרֵיהּ לְמֶהֱוֵי לֵיהּ חֵדוּ עַל חִדוּ, וּלְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָ בֵּיהּ. עָבֵד לֵיהּ טְרוֹצְטְבוּלִין מְחַפְּיָין בְּאַבְנֵי יְקָר, וּמַלְאָכִין עִלָּאִין חַדָּאן קָמֵיהּ. לְבָתַר פָּקִיד לֵיהּ עַל אִילָנָא חַד וְלָא קָאִים בְּפִקּוּדָא דְּמָארֵיהּ.

The Holy One brought him into the garden of His own planting, so that he might guard it and have endless joy and delight therein. A canopy of precious stones the Holy One also devised and fashioned to enfold man with glory: and the supernal angels rejoiced in his presence. Then the Lord gave him the commandment concerning the one tree: and, alas! man failed in his obedience and was not steadfast in the commandment of his Master.

Segment 3ג׳

אַשְׁכַּחְנָא בְּסִפְרָא דְּחֲנוֹךְ, דִּלְבָתַר דְּסָלִיק לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְאַחְמֵי לֵיהּ כָּל גִּנְזַיָּיא דְּמַלְכָּא, עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, אַחְמֵי לֵיהּ אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, וְאִילָנָא דְּאִתְפְּקַד עָלֵיהּ אָדָם, וְאַחְמֵי לֵיהּ דּוּכְתֵּיהּ דְּאָדָם בְּגִנְתָּא דְּעֵדֶן. וְחָמָא, דְּאִלְמָלֵי נָטִיר אָדָם פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, יָכִיל לְקַיְּימָא תָּדִירָא, וּלְמֶהֱוֵי תָּדִירָא תַּמָּן. הוּא לָא נָטַר פִּקּוּדָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, נָפַק בְּדִימוֹס וְאִתְעֲנָשׁ.

We find in the book of Enoch that after the Holy One, blessed be He, had transported Enoch to the supernal regions and shown him all the treasures of the King, both the celestial and the terrestrial, He permitted him to behold the Tree of Life and that Tree of which Adam was warned, and showed him the place where Adam had dwelt in the Garden of Eden, and Enoch perceived that if Adam had been obedient he would have so dwelt for ever, having eternal life and perpetual joy in the glory of the Garden. But because he broke the commandment of his Lord, he was punished.’