Amram therefore rejoined his wife, from whom he had been separated for three years. At the end of three months, she conceived, and later on bore a boy at whose birth the entire house was illuminated by an extraordinary luminous radiance, suggesting the truth of the prophecy. (After Bergel, “Mythology of the Hebrews,” Leipzig, 1882.) Similar accounts are given of the birth of the ancestor of the Hebrew nation, Abraham. He was a son of Therach—Nimrod’s captain—and Amtelai. Prior to his birth, it was revealed to King Nimrod, from the stars, that the coming child would overthrow the thrones of powerful princes, and take possession of their lands. King Nimrod means to have the child killed immediately after its birth. But when the boy is requested from Therach, he says: Truly a son was born to me, but he has died. He then delivers a strange child, concealing his own son in a cave underneath the ground, where God permits him to suck milk from a finger of the right hand. In this cave, Abraham is said to have remained until the third (according to others the tenth) year of his life. (Compare Beer, “The Life of Abraham,” according to the interpretation of Jewish traditions, Leipzig, 1859, and Aug. Wünsche, “From Israel’s Temples of Learning,” Leipzig, 1907.) Also in the next generation, in the story of _Isaac_, appear the same mythical motives. Prior to his birth King Abimelech is warned by a _dream_ not to touch Sarah, as this would cause woe to betide him. After a long period of barrenness, she finally bears her son, who (in later life, in this report) after having been destined to be _sacrificed by his own father_ (foster-father) Abraham, is ultimately _rescued_ by God. But Abraham casts out his own son Ishmael, with Hagar, the boy’s mother (Genesis 20, 6. See also Bergel, loc. cit.). KARNA A close relationship with the Sargon legend is also shown in certain features of the ancient Hindu epic[32] Mahâbháràta, of the birth of the hero Karna. The contents of the legend are briefly rendered by Lassen (“Indische Altertumskunde,” I, p. 63).[33]