Commentary for Berakhot 62:9

אם ראה תראה א"ר אלעזר אמרה חנה לפני הקב"ה רבש"ע אם ראה מוטב ואם לאו תראה

"If thou wilt indeed look" (ibid.) — R. Eleazar said: Thus spake Hannah before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Lord of the universe ! If Thou wilt look, well and good ; but if Thou wilt not look, I will go and seclude myself [with another man] before Elkanah my husband ; and having done so, they will administer to me the waters of the woman suspected of adultery, and Thou wilt surely not make Thy Torah a fraud ; for it is said,

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