Hannah Entrusts Her Future Children to Heaven

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 77:3

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"And he had two wives" (1 Samuel 1:2). Rabbi Ammi in the name of Rabbi Isaac: the verse opens with his praise and closes with his praise. Rabbi Levi in the name of Rabbi Chama bar Chanina: the verse opens with his praise and mentions his disgrace. Rabbi Jonah in the name of Rabbi Chama said: when Hannah saw that she had not given birth, she said, "I will tell him to bring my rival-wife into my house, and through this perhaps the Holy One, blessed be He, will see and remember me." The Holy One, blessed be He, said to her: "Hannah, you have deposited souls with Me; by your life, I will repay you," as it is written, "For the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived and bore" (1 Samuel 2:21) three sons and two daughters.

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