Rabbi Joshua of Sikhnin in the name of Rabbi Samuel said: With the souls of the righteous He took counsel. This is what is written, "These were the potters, and those that dwell among plantings and hedges; there they dwelt with the king for his work" (1 Chronicles 4:23). "These were the potters" - in reference to "And the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground" (Genesis 2:7). "Those that dwell among plantings" - in reference to "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east" (Genesis 2:8). "And hedges" - in reference to "who have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea" (Jeremiah 5:22). "With the king for his work they dwelt" - with the King, the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, dwelt the souls of the righteous, with whom the Holy One, blessed be He, took counsel and created the world.
Wisdom Created Man
Bereshit Rabbah 8:7
רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דְּסִכְנִין בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר, בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים נִמְלָךְ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב: הֵמָּה הַיּוֹצְרִים וְישְׁבֵי נְטָעִים וּגְדֵרָה עִם הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ יָשְׁבוּ שָׁם. הֵמָּה הַיּוֹצְרִים, עַל שֵׁם וַיִּיצֶר ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה. יוֹשְׁבֵי נְטָעִים, עַל שֵׁם וַיִּטַּע ה' אֱלֹהִים גַּן בְּעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם. וּגְּדֵרָה, עַל שֵׁם אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי חוֹל גְּבוּל לַיָּם. עִם הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ יָשְׁבוּ, עִם הַמֶּלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יָשְׁבוּ נְפָשׁוֹת שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים, שֶׁבָּהֶן נִמְלַךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּבָרָא אֶת הָעוֹלָם.