(18) The LORD God said, “It is not good for The Adam to be alone; I will make a fitting helper for him.”
(2) עזר כנגדו A HELP MEET FOR THE ADAM If he is worthy - a help; if not worthy opposed to him, to fight him (Yevamot 63a).
אזל לביתיה אמר להו בריה דחוני המעגל מי קיים אמרו ליה בריה ליתא בר בריה איתא אמר להו אנא חוני המעגל לא הימנוהו אזל לבית המדרש שמעינהו לרבנן דקאמרי נהירן שמעתתין כבשני חוני המעגל דכי הוי עייל לבית מדרשא כל קושיא דהוו להו לרבנן הוה מפרק להו אמר להו אנא ניהו לא הימנוהו ולא עבדי ליה יקרא כדמבעי ליה חלש דעתיה בעי רחמי ומית אמר רבא היינו דאמרי אינשי או חברותא או מיתותא
Ḥoni went home and said, 'Is the son of Ḥoni HaMe’aggel alive?' They said to him: His son is not, but his grandson is. He said to them: I am Ḥoni HaMe’aggel. They did not believe him. He went to the study hall. Heard the Sages say about someone, 'Their rulings are as enlightening as in the time of Ḥoni HaMe’aggel, for when Ḥoni came to the study hall he would resolve for the Sages any difficulty they had. Ḥoni said to them: I am he, but they did not believe him and did not pay him proper respect. Ḥoni became very upset, prayed for mercy, and died. Rava said: This is the thing they say, 'Either Chavruta or death.'
“And Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him” (Job 2:11). What is this phrase - “they had made an appointment together”?
Rav Yehuda says Rav says: This teaches that they all entered one gate. We have an ancient teaching that there were three hundred parasangs (600 miles) between them.
How did they know? There are those who say they had a crown which displayed certain signs. And there are those who say they had trees and when they withered they knew. Rava said this that people say: Either a friend like the friends of Job or death.