[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "the sons (angels) of God"

We do not know them to be angels. The phrase "sons of God" is used to refer to angels yes but also men such as Abraham. There is a school of thought this refers to marriage outside the Faith. Such as a Jewish man marring a Canaanite's daughter. Hybrid vigor anyone. Considering the height and weight of the average American male in comparison to a very inbred society (Japan) and you may have your giants. The United States is a very mongrel nation and is no doubt the giant among nations both in material wealth and power but also our very own personal size.

I do not know but I do know the phrase may not refer to angels nor demons (fallen angels)

[Fruit of the Spirit]

"We do not know them to be angels. The phrase "sons of God" is used to refer to angels yes but also men such as Abraham." From Aid to Bible Understanding: Nephilim: This is a transliteraton of the Hebrew word nephilim', plural in all its three occurances in the Bible. Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33 [twice].) It is believed to mean "fellers" or "those who cause others to fall down ," as it most like stems from the Hebrew verb na-phal' (to fall) as found, for example in Joshua 11:7 . The Bible account describing God's displeasure with men in the days of Noah before the Flood relates that "the sons of the true God" took for themselves wives from among the attractive daughters of men.. It then mentions the presence of "Nephilim," saying: "The Nephilim proved to be in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of the true God continued to have relations with the daughters of men and they bore sons to them, they were the mighty ones [Heb. gib-bo-rim'] who were of old, the men of fame." Another group, taking into consideration the context of verse four, conclude that the Nephilim were not themselves angels, but were the hybrid offspring resulting from materialized angels having intercourse with the daughters of men. The Greek Septuagint also suggests that both the "Nephilim" and "mighty ones" are identical by using the same word gi'gan-tes (giants) to translate both expressions.