42. Rabbi Yehuda said that when the Holy One, blessed be He, first created Adam-while he still was unformformed flesh and had no soul He said to the angel who was assigned over the images of men, "Look, and form in this form six men, SAMSON, SAUL, ASAEL, JOSIAH, ZEDEKIAH, AND ABSHALOM. This is the meaning of the verse, "And begot a son in his own likeness, after his image and called his name Seth" (Beresheet 5:3). The Aramaic word Seth means six AND REFERS TO THE SIX PEOPLE MENTIONED.