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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 10: Of the Creation of Man, and of his Soul, also of God's breathing in. The pleasant Gate. (17)
When God had created Adam thus, he was then in Paradise in the Joyfulness; and this clarified [or 1 brightened] Man was wholly beautiful, and full of all Manner of Knowledge; and there God brought all the Beasts to him, (as to the great Lord in this World) that he should look upon them, and give to every one their Name, according to their Essence and Virtue, as the Spirit of every one was figured in them. And Adam knew all what every Creature was, and he gave every one their Name, according to the Quality [or working Property] of their Spirit. As God can see into the Heart of all Things, so could Adam also do, in which his Perfection may very well be observed.
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (89)
And it is the very language of the total, universal nature, but is not known to every one. For it is a hidden secret mystery, which is imparted to me ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (2)
But because at that time, when God created heaven and earth, there was yet no man who saw it, therefore it may be concluded that Adam before his fall,...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter III (2)
And Adam named them all by their respective names, and as he called them, so was their name.