He said to him: ‘Surely it has been revealed to me, that which I did not know until now, and which is not destined to be revealed, until the days of the arrival of King Messiah.’
He further said to him: ‘If so, it is also made known, that there is a ‘man primordial to all primordials’, and there is another ‘man’ (adam).’
He said to him: ‘My son, that is surely how it is! The Adam whom the Cause of causes created in His own image, – hidden and concealed – this one caused the withdrawal of the Cause of causes.