Rabbi Banaah Measures the Caves of Abraham and Adam

"And God created man in His image" (Genesis 1:27). Rabbi Banaah was marking out the caves of the rabbis. When he reached the cave of Abraham, he found Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, standing before the gate. He said to him: What is Abraham doing? He said to him: He is sleeping in the arms of Sarah, and she is gazing upon his head. He said to him: Go, tell him Banaah stands at the gate. He said to him: Let him enter, for it is known that there is no evil inclination in this world. He entered, marked it, and went out. When he reached the cave of the first man, a heavenly voice went out and said to him: You have gazed upon the likeness of My image; upon My image itself do not gaze. But I need to mark the cave! As the measure of the outer one, so the measure of the inner one. And according to the one who says there were two chambers, one above the other, He said to him: As the measure of the upper, so the measure of the lower. Rabbi Banaah said: I gazed upon the two heels of the first man, and they were like two orbs of the sun. Compared to Sarah, all others are like an ape before a man; Sarah before Eve is like an ape before a man; the beauty of Rav Kahana is a glimmer of the beauty of Rav; that of Rav a glimmer of that of Rabbi Abbahu; that of Rabbi Abbahu a glimmer of that of Jacob our father; that of Jacob our father a glimmer of that of the first man; and that of the first man a glimmer of the Divine Presence.