The Emperor said to Rabban Gamaliel: "Your God is a thief, for it is written in the Torah: 'And, the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took a rib of his body and made a woman thereof'.'' (Gen. 2.21).

Then the daughter of the Emperor said to Rabban Gamaliel, "I will answer my father in your stead." And she said to her father: "Father dear, give me a count or a prince who will assist me and avenge me on my enemies."

Then the Emperor said: "Who has wronged you?"

She replied: "Last night robbers entered my chamber, stole my silver ornaments and put gold ones in their place."

When the Emperor heard it, he laughed and said: "I wish, my dear daughter, that such thieves would come to me every day."

Then she replied: "Father dear, the same thing happened to Adam, the first man, for God took a rib from him and gave him instead a wife who cooks and washes for him and serves him in every way."

The Emperor replied: "This is not what I meant. My question was, Why did God take the rib from Adam while he was asleep? Why did he not take it from him while he was awake?"

Then the daughter said to the Emperor, "Let them bring me a piece of raw meat."

They brought her a piece of raw meat, and she took it and put it on hot ashes to broil it. When it was finished, she pulled it out and gave it to her father to eat without having previously washed it.

The Emperor said, "I cannot eat it, the sight of it makes me sick; for I have seen it being baked in the ashes, and it is not yet fit to eat."

Then she said; "My dear father, the same thing would have happened to Adam if he had seen God taking a rib out of his body and making a woman out of it. It would have been unpleasant to him also. That is the reason why God did not make the woman out of the rib while Adam was awake."