Lot separated from Abraham and Rama separated from Lakshmana; Abraham sacrificed his son whereas sons cane to the sacrifice of Rama; Abraham expelled Hagar while Rama expelled Sita; Both had two sons; Sarah was buried while Sita was taken in by mother earth.

1. Were Abraham and Rama the same person?
After his return to Ai, Abraham and Lot had a conflict. Their herdsmen fought
with each other and they decided to separate. Lot went to live at Sodom while
Abraham went to live at Hebron.
Similarly, Rama was engaged some secrete consultation with a Sage after his
return from Lanka. He had posted Lakshmana as a doorkeeper to ensure that
no one enter the consultant chamber at that time. Sage Durvasa came to
Ayodhya at this same time and wanted to meet Rama. Lakshmana did not want
to allow him to see Rama but Durvasa threatened that if he would not let him
see Rama Immediately, he would curse not only Lakshmana but also the entire
city of Ayodhya. Lakshmana was in dilemma. He thought is better that he alone
be punished by Rama for allowing Durvasa to enter Rama’s consultation
chamber, rather than entire Ayodhya being cursed. Thus he allowed to Durvasa
to visit with Rama. Then Rama decided to brake his relations with Lakshmana
because he had violated in his junction. Thereafter, Lakshmana left went to
bank of the Sarayu River, held his breath and ended is worldly journey. Rama
and Lakshmana separated just as Abraham and Lot.

2. Abraham begot two sons named Ishmael and Isaac from Hagar and Sarah After
his return to Ai, while Rama begot two sons named Lav and Kush from Sita.

3. Sometime later, God commanded Abraham to offer his son in sacrifice.
Abraham accordingly bound his son to the sacrificial altar. At this time a
messenger stopped Abraham’s hand. Abraham saw a ram nearby and
sacrificed the ram instead of his son. Sarah died sometime after this event.
This could be parallel to Lav and Kush coming to a horse sacrifice being done by
Rama. Lav and Kush were living away from Rama at that time because Rama
had expelled Sita from Ayodhya. They came to Rama’s horse sacrifice as bards
and sang of the life of Rama. Thereupon Rama asked Sita to come to place of
the sacrifice and Sita was taken into the earth.
In both narratives a sacrifice was undertaken involving his son(s); and wife died
thereafter.

4. Abraham was living somewhere else when Sarah died. He “came” from there
to mourn for Sarah. Sita was similarly living at Valmiki Ashrama when she died.
She came to the place where Rama was undertaking the horse sacrifice and
was taken into the earth at this time. The wife was living away at the time of
her death in both the narratives.

5. Another parallel is that Jacob, grandson of Abraham, went and settled in the
south after the latter’s death. Rama’s son Kush similarly settled in the south.
He was made the king of South Kosala.
These similarities aside, there are certain narratives in Bible and Ramayana
about which the other text is silent. Three such narratives in the Bible are the
battle between four versus five kings; the destruction of Sodom; and Joseph
going to south. On the other hand, the Bible is silent about the conquest of
Bharata and Shatrughna over Gandhara and Mathura. These silences do not
create a contradiction between the Bible and Ramayana. These narratives can
be inserted in the other text without creating a dissonance.

6. AN: This table has to be remade according to the sequence below. Line 8 to be
removed.
We give the parallels between the Bible and Ramayana in green colour in the
table above and the distinctions in red colour. The parallels are as follows:
1 Both returned to Ai or Ayodhya from the south.
2 Abraham and Lot separated just as Rama and Lakshmana.
3 Both had two sons.
4 Sarah and Sita were separated from the Prophet.
5 There is an association of the son with a sacrifice.
6 Sarah and Sita were living away from Abraham and Rama when they
died.
7 Sarah and Sita were both buried.

7. 8 Grandson Jacob and son Kush settled in the south.
Could then Abraham and Rama be the same person?