Stars And Generations

Καὶ εἶπεν αυτῷ· Ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺς ἀστέρας, εἰ δυνήσῃ ἐξασιθμῆσαι αὐτούς· οὑτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.   Τὰ γὰρ γεννήματα φημι τῆς ψυχῆς τοῦ ἁγίου, καὶ πλήθει καὶ λαμπρότητι, ἅτε Θεοῦ συνεργήσαντος, τοσαῦτα καὶ τοιαῦτα γενεσθαι. Αὐτὰ παρίστησι τὴν θείαν εὐλογίαν. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Την Γενεσιν, Ἐκλογαι

And God said to him, 'Look at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to number them; so will be your seed.' 1 I say this is the offspring of the holy soul, a great number of celebrated ones, so many of such a kind working in harmony with God. So God exhibited the Divine Blessing. Origen, On Genesis, Fragment  1 Gen 15.15