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Who were the sons of God that they should look upon the daughters of men?

I recently heard the explanation that makes the most sense to me by a theologian (I think it was Dr. R. C. Sproul)

He demonstrated they were not angels. He said the daughters of men were descendants of Cain while the sons of God were not. The mixture of Cain's nature with the other descendants was the precursor to the need for the flood.

I found his explanation fascinating and need to reflect on it more.

The angel theory doesn't make sense to me, as angels evidently don't 'breed'. The idea that the daughters of men were the descendents of Cain is possible. I've sometimes wondered if maybe Daughters of men = Neanderthals.

The idea that these were angels can be found in the Book of Enoch, which although isn't canonical is referenced to in the New Testament. I'm not sure how much of the book can be trusted, what little I've read of it is pretty wild.

An interesting piece of data. The Hebrew terms ben(01121) 'elohiym(0430) are only found together in 4 verses of the Old Testament. They are always used to indicate angels.

(Strong's 01121)
Hebrew for 01121
ben
1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
a) son, male child
b) grandson
c) children (pl. - male and female)
d) youth, young men (pl.)
e) young (of animals)
f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
i) a member of a guild, order, class

(Strong's 0430)
Hebrew for 0430
'elohiym
1) (plural)
a) rulers, judges
b) divine ones
c) angels
d) gods
2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)
a) god, goddess
b) godlike one
c) works or special possessions of God
d) the (true) God
e) God

Gen 6:2 That the sons 01121 of God 0430 saw 07200 the daughters 01323 of men 0120 that they 02007 [were] fair 02896; and they took 03947 them wives 0802 of all which they chose 0977 .

Gen 6:4 There were giants 05303 in the earth 0776 in those days 03117; and also after 0310 that 03651, when 0834 the sons 01121 of God 0430 came in 0935 unto the daughters 01323 of men 0120, and they bare 03205 [children] to them, the same 01992 [became] mighty men 01368 which [were] of old 05769, men 0582 of renown 08034.

Job 1:6 Now there was a day 03117 when the sons 01121 of God 0430 came 0935 to present 03320 themselves before the LORD 03068, and Satan 07854 came 0935 also among 08432 them.

Job 2:1 Again there was a day 03117 when the sons 01121 of God 0430 came 0935 to present 03320 themselves before the LORD 03068, and Satan 07854 came 0935 also among 08432 them to present 03320 himself before the LORD 03068.