the first earth, the Eretz, which is dark, without a ray of light, and utterly void. Adam was terrified, particularly by the flames of the ever-turning sword, which is on this earth.

 And He drove the man out.

And He lodged the cherubs at the east of the Garden of Eden,

and the flaming sword whirling around

to guard the way of the Tree of Life.

Ge 3:24 LIT

 After he had done penance, God led him to

the second earth, the Adamah, where there is light reflected from its own sky and from its phantom-like stars and constellations. Here dwell the phantom-like beings that issued from the union of Adam with the spirits."  They are always sad; the emotion of joy is not known to them. They leave their own earth and repair to the one inhabited by men, where they are changed into (are perceived as) evil spirits. Then they return to their abode for good, repent of their wicked deeds, and till the ground, which, however, bears neither wheat nor any other of the seven species. In this Adamah, Cain, Abel, and Seth were born. After the murder of Abel, Cain was sent back to the Eretz, where he was frightened into repentance by its darkness and by the flames of the ever-turning sword. Accepting his penitence, God permitted him to ascend to

the third earth, the Arka, which receives some light from the sun. The Arka was surrendered to the Cainites forever, as their perpetual domain. They till the ground, and plant trees, but they have neither wheat nor any other of the seven species. Some of the Cainites are giants, some of them are dwarfs. They have (like) two heads, wherefore they can never arrive at a decision; they are always at loggerheads with themselves.  It may happen that they are pious now, only to be inclined to do evil the next moment.

In the fourth earth, the Ge, live the generation of the Tower of Babel and their descendants. God banished them thither because the fourth earth is not far from Gehenna, and therefore close to the flaming fire.  The inhabitants of the Ge are skilful in all arts, and accomplished in all departments of science and knowledge, and their abode overflows with wealth. When an inhabitant of our earth visits them, they give him the most precious thing in their possession, but then they lead him to

the fifth earth, the Neshiah, where he becomes oblivious of his origin and his Home. The Neshiah is inhabited by dwarfs without noses; they breathe through two holes instead.

They have no memory; once a thing has happened, they forget it completely, whence their earth is called Neshiah, "forgetting." The fourth and fifth earths are like the Arka; they have trees, but neither wheat nor any other of the seven species.

The sixth earth, the Ziah, is inhabited by handsome men, who are the owners of abundant wealth, and live in palatial residences, but they lack water, as the name of their territory, Ziah, "drought," indicates. Hence vegetation is sparse with them, and their tree culture meets with indifferent success. They hasten to any water spring that is discovered, and sometimes they succeed in slipping through it up to our earth, where they satisfy their sharp appetite for the food eaten by the inhabitants of our earth. For the rest, they are men of steadfast faith, more than any other class of mankind. Adam remained in the Adamah until after the birth of Seth. Then, passing the third earth, the Arka, the abiding place of the Cainites, and the next three earths as well, the Ge, the Neshiah, and the Ziah, God transported him to

the seventh earth, the Tebel, the earth inhabited by men. Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg The inhabitants of the seven earths.

    Asgard, world of the Aesir; Asgard (the land of the gods) can be considered Paradise. If you count down from here, you end up with seven worlds;

    Vanaheim, land of the Vanir; and

    Alfheim, land of the light elves.

    Muspelheim (Muspell), the land of the fire giants.

    Midgard, Land of humans (middle world/garden);  

    Nidavellir, Land of the dwarfs; (Svartalfheim Land of the dark elves)

    Jotunheim, Land of the giants (Jotuns); and  

    Hell, Realm of the dead; (Niflheim, (nebulous Home) World of the dead, the shades; Hades).  

The Kabbalah teaches four different sort of worlds.

These Four Worlds are not places such as planets, (though planets will be included as "anchor places" for the inhabitants of the lower worlds to live on.) there as ) but rather correspond to four "stages of removal" from Eyn Sof (the infinitive godhead from which Kether came forth, much like Atum coming forth from Ptah). These stages are another aspect of the "creation process" and do not conflict with the "six days" of Creation listed in Genesis. As the light of Eyn Sof move progressively further away from its source (from Azilut through Asiyyah), it becomes "more physical" and more laws are necessary.

 

The four worlds are:

Azilut (Emanation) - the eternal unchanging Divine world
Beriah (Creation) - considered "Heaven" proper, it is the first separation from the Divine, and "location" of the Throne of God and archangels
Yezirah (Formation) - the abode of the "lower angels," men's souls and the Garden of Eden
Asiyyah (Action) - the material universe in which we live
The four worlds as they relate to one another in creation, are mentioned in Isaiah’s book:

Even every one that is called by my name:

for I have created him for my glory,

I have formed him; yea,

I have made him.

Isa 43:7 

A simple way of understanding these four worlds is to compare it to someone building a house:

The person determined that one day they would build their own house (emantion)
They planned the style they would design it to (creation)
They drew up the specific blueprints to fulfill this design (formation)
They acquired the materials and constructed it according to the above (making)

reference; Yashanet.com