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Midrash for Job 18:19

לֹ֘א נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)

The daughter of Acher came to Rabbi and asked him for food. He said to her: "Whose daughter art thou?" "I am the daughter of Acher," she replied. And he said to her: "Is there still left of his children in the world?" Is it not written (Job 18, 19) He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning?" "Rabbi," she said to him, "remember his Torah (knowledge) and not his deeds." Thereupon a fire came down and crept around the seat of Rabbi. Rabbi then wept and said: "If those who disgrace themselves through it [the Torah] are honored thus, how much more will it honor those who obtain praise through their use of it."
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