brief deep dive into genesis 6 about the "sons of god" after talking to some jew on here about angels having sex with humans earlier today. either  1: the "sons of god" were fallen angels who married human women > the term "sons of god" referred to angels in other ot writings (job 1:6;2:1;38:7,etc) > but angels don't marry (matthew 22:30) > 2 peter 2:4-5 and jude 6-7 appear to identify angels with genesis 6, but it's more likely the angel business in the passage refer to the fall of satan 2: "sons of god" were godly sethites who married ungodly women (the "daughters of man" referring to cain's line) > old testament refer to the godly as god's sons (exodus 4:22) > moses already established the concept of a godly line in genesis 4:26 > sonship based on election is common in the ot > warnings against marriages between believers and unbelievers are common in the pentateuch 3: "sons of god" were dynastic rulers who married women (and fallen angels/demons indwelt or controlled them) > ancient near eastern literature called kings "sons of gods" > the ot refers to administrators like judges gods (psalm 82) > the story is similar to babylonian antediluvian stories 2 looks like it makes the most sense and the purpose of the passage is to showcase the decline of even the godly before the flood
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