Reference for Kiddushin 78:14

ואיכא דאמרי לישנא דחוצפית המתורגמן חזא דהוה גריר ליה דבר אחר אמר פה שהפיק מרגליות ילחך עפר נפק חטא

R'Joseph said: Had Aher<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Elisha b. Abuyah, a great scholar and R. Meir's teacher, who turned against the Torah, whereupon he was dubbed Aher, a different man, a stranger.');">³⁴</span> interpreted this verse<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The promise of reward and long life.');">³⁵</span> as R'Jacob, his daughter's son, he would not have sinned.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He interpreted it literally, as referring to this world, and seeing that the promise was not fulfilled turned unbeliever.');">³⁶</span>

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