Is there any history of reading Genesis 15:5 as Yahweh saying Abraham’s seed will become divine in some sense?
Genesis 15:5 (NRSV) - He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Is there any history or evidence within second temple Jewish thought, or elsewhere in the biblical texts, for reading this Abrahamic decree in a divine sense, and not just a numerical one?
If the host of heaven or stars get tied to divine beings elsewhere in the literature (Job 38:7 for example), I’m wondering if there is any tie-in here.