The Seder Hadoros (year 1948) writes:
The night Avraham Avinu was born Nimrod's elders & magicians
came to celebrate in Terach's house.
As they left the house they looked up at the sky and saw one large star swallowing
up four other stars.
The magicians told this to the king (Nimrod) and recommended
that the child should be killed.
The king went to Terach and asked him for his son. After a
long discussion, Terach asked the king to hold off for three days. After the
three days, Terach gave the king a baby boy born to one of his slaves.
Terach took his son Avram and hid him for ten* years
underground so that no one would suspect him of what
he actually did.
This is what the Payton was referring to when he wrote
"ונחבא בארץ י"ג שנים שלמים ולא ראה שמש וירח"
*The Girsa in our Piyut is 13 years
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