And what is His heart? He said to him: If so, Ben Zoma is on the outside, and you are with him. "Heart" [lev] is thirty-two, and they were hidden, and with them the world was created. What is the thirty-two? He said to him: thirty-two paths. A parable: like a king who was in the innermost chambers, and the number of the chambers was thirty-two, and for each chamber there is a path. Is it fitting for this king that everyone enter his chamber by way of his paths? You said no. Is it fitting for him to reveal his pearls and his settings and his hidden things and his treasures and his precious things? You said no. What did he do? He touched the daughter and included in her all the paths and in her garment, and whoever wishes to enter within, let him look here. And he married her to the king, and also gave her to him as a gift. Sometimes, in his love for her, he calls her "my sister," because they were from one place; and sometimes he calls her "his daughter," because she is his daughter; and sometimes he calls her "my mother."
ומאי לבו, א"ל א"כ בן זומא מבחוץ ואתה עמו, לב הוא שלשים ושתים והיו סתומים ובהם נברא העולם, מאי ל"ב, א"ל ל"ב נתיבות, משל למלך שהיה בחדרי חדרים ומנין החדרים ל"ב, ולכל חדר יש לו נתיב, נאה למלך זה להכנס הכל בחדרו על דרך נתיבתיו, אמרת לא, נאה לו לגלות פניניו ומשבצותיו ומצפוניו וגנזיו וחמודותיו, אמרת לא, מה עשה נגע בבת וכלל בה כל הנתיבות ובמלבושה, והרוצה להכנס בפנים יסתכל הנה, ונשאה למלך גם נתנה לו במתנה, לפעמים קורא אותה באהבתו בה אחותי כי ממקום אחד היו, ולפעמים קורא אותה בתו כי בתו היא, ולפעמים קורא אותה אמי:
