Fallen angels is said, by many, to be the sons of God in Genesis 6 and these same angels are said to be demons and they are also said to be giants marrying the daughters of men. This actually came out of Louis Ginzberg’s book called Legends of the Jews. If this comes out of the Legends of the Jews, and it does, then fallen angels is a legend, right? What does legend mean? Waverly Pictorial Dictionary by Harold Wheeler says, Legend is the written record of a saint’s life; a traditional story; a fable with some basis of fact; the words or motto inscribed on a banner, medal, etc… A legend was originally a story of a saint’s life, or a collection of such stories. It received this name because sections of it were read at matins in the refectories of monasteries. These mediaeval legends of saints were so full of miracles that the word acquired the general meaning of a myth or fable. Legend means a myth or fable. The bible has much to say about myths and fables.
I Tim 1:4 – Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
I Tim 4:7 – But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness (godliness is the opposite of fables).
II Tim 4:4 – And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables (the opposite of truth is fables).
Tit 1:14 – Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth (fables turn you away from the truth).
II Pet 1:16 – For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Fable is the NT Greek word muthos and we get the word myth from that, meaning, a tale, legend, myth, fable, or fiction. It denotes a false story or tale. The original meaning of muthos is thought as in our imaginary thoughts. Muthos comes from the word muo, which is where we get the English word mute from, meaning to shut the mouth. The opposite of shutting the mouth is to uncover, or to reveal. Another derivative is the word musterion, which is the word for mystery. The opposite of musterion is apokalupsis, which is the word for revelation. God is revealing the truth to believers, and the unbelievers have their imaginary fables. Fables or myths are opposed to truth and it comes from the imagination or thoughts of men. Fallen angels is opposed to the truth and we are not to give heed to these myths but refuse them. So what is happening in Genesis 6?
Gen 6:1 – And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 – That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
If these are fallen angels as many suppose, and if they are marrying the daughters of men, then Jesus is lying about angels.
Mt 22:23 – The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 – Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
This is quoted from Dt 25,
Dt 25:5 – If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without (or outside) unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
6 – And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
7 – And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
8 – Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
9 – Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face (The spitting before the face of the man in front of him, is by the Jewish
interpreters understood of spitting on the ground in his presence), and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
10 – And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
This is the law of raising up seed for their dead brother. Look at the following verses for more examples of this custom.
Gen 19:30 – And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 – And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 – Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father (this was not incest to them, it was a Jewish custom to raise up seed).
33 – And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 – And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 – And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 – Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Remember Judah and his daughter in-law?
Gen 38:6 – And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 – And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 – And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 – And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 – And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11 – Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
12 – And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 – And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 – And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 – When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 – And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 – And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
18 – And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 – And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 – And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
21 – Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 – And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 – And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 – And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25 – When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 – And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
The best example is that of Ruth and Boaz.
Ruth 1:1 – Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 – And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 – And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 – And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 – And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6 – Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 – Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
8 – And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 – The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 – And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
11 – And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 – Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 – Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
14 – And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
15 – And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 – And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 – Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
18 – When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 – So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 – And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 – I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 – So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
2:1 – And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 – And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 – And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
4 – And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
5 – Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 – And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7 – And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8 – Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 – Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
10 – Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
11 – And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
12 – The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
13 – Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14 – And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
15 – And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
16 – And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
17 – So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 – And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
19 – And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
20 – And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 – And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22 – And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
23 – So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
3:1 – Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 – And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 – Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 – And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 – And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 – And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
7 – And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
8 – And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 – And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman (or one that has the right to redeem).
10 – And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11 – And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
12 – And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 – Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
14 – And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
15 – Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
16 – And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
17 – And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18 – Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
4:1 – Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 – And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 – And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4 – And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
5 – Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 – And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7 – Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
8 – Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 – And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
10 – Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 – And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
12 – And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
13 – So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 – And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 – And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 – And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 – And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
This actually started with Seth (meaning substitute in Hebrew), being the substitute for Abel and raising up seed for Seth. Let’s continue with Mt 22.
25 – Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 – Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 – And last of all the woman died also.
28 – Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 – Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 – For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven (Mk 12:18-25).
Now let’s look at Luke’s version.
Lk 20:27 – Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28 – Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 – There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
30 – And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31 – And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
32 – Last of all the woman died also.
33 – Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
34 – And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35 – But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 – Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God (or the sons of God), being the children of the resurrection.
Jesus said that angels do not marry, right? Now if these are fallen angels, as per the majority of scholars and preachers, and if Jesus said, angels don’t marry, then who is correct and who is in error? Jesus or the preachers? Who are the sons of God?
Jn 1:12 – But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (sons of God are those that believe):
Rom 8:14 – For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:19 – For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Php 2:15 – That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
I Jn 3:1 – Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 – Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
If Jesus is the only begotten of the father and if we are the sons of God, then that makes us brethren, right?
Heb 2:11 – For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
To be the son of someone meant that you were doing the will of that father. Sons of God or our brothers are those that do the will of father.
Mk 3:31 – There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 – And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 – And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 – And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 – For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Mt 12:46 – While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 – Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48 – But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 – And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 – For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
So, who are the sons of God in Gen 6? They can’t be fallen angels, because they are not doing the will of the father and they can’t marry as per Jesus. In order to understand a verse or in our case v1-4, we must read up to that chapter. In Gen 4 there is a lineage, which is Cain’s lineage or the daughters of men. In Gen 5 there is another lineage and this is the lineage of Adam. The lineage of Adam are the sons of God and they all lead up to God, while Cain’s lineage does not lead up to God. Cain and his lineage are bastards and not sons.
Heb 12:5 – And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 – For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 – If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 – But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Cain is not a son of God.
I Jn 3:12 – Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one (son of the Devil, son of perdition), and slew his brother (Jn 8:44). And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Now let’s read Genesis 6 again.
Gen 6:1 – And it came to pass, when men (Cain’s lineage) began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them (daughter’s of men – Cain’s lineage – Gen 4),
2 – That the sons of God (Adam’s lineage – Gen 5) saw the daughters of men (Cain’s lineage – Gen 4) that they were fair (they were beautiful); and they took them wives (they married them) of all which they chose (based on what was physically pleasing and desirable to them).
3 – And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 – There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God (Adam’s lineage – Gen 5) came in unto the daughters of men (Cain’s daughters – Gen 4), and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Giants is not our word “giant” as in tall in stature. That comes from The Legends of the Jews. Giant is the Hebrew word nephiyl, meaning tyrant or bully. The following is an excerpt from The Legends of the Jews.
Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg – The depravity of mankind, which began to show itself in the time of Enosh, had increased monstrously in the time of his grandson Jared, by reason of the fallen angels. When the angels saw the beautiful, attractive daughters of men, they lusted after them, and spoke: We will choose wives for ourselves only from among the daughters of men, and beget children with them. Their chief Shemhazai said, I fear me, ye will not put this plan of yours into execution, and I alone shall have to suffer the consequences of a great sin. Then they answered him, and said: We will all swear an oath, and we will bind ourselves, separately and together, not to abandon the plan, but to carry it through to the end. Two hundred angels descended to the summit of Mount Hermon, which owes its name to this very occurrence, because they bound themselves there to fulfil their purpose, on the penalty of Herem, anathema. Under the leadership of twenty captains they defiled themselves with the daughters of men, unto whom they taught charms, conjuring formulas, how to cut roots, and the efficacy of plants. The issue from these mixed marriages was a race of giants, three thousand ells tall, who consumed the possessions of men. When all had vanished, and they could obtain nothing more from them, the giants turned against men and devoured many of them, and the remnant of men began to trespass against the birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, eating their flesh and drinking their blood.
The following is what the LXX says in Gen 6:4…
oi de And the gigante giants esan were epi upon tes the ges earth en in tais emerais ekeinais those days. Kai And met’ after ekeino that, os an continually eiseporeuonto entered oi the uioi sons tou theou of God pros to tas the thugateras daughters ton anthropon of men, kai and egennosan procreated eautois for themselves. Ekeinoi Those esan were oi the gigantes giants, oi the ones ap’ the eon, oi the anthropoid men oi onomastoi renowned.
The giants were the mighty men or the geber, which refers to a young man, usually at the height of his power. It is referring to one who has physical strength. The Hebrew root gabar is commonly associated with warfare and has to do with the strength and vitality of the successful warrior, bully or tyrant. These mighty men were men of name or men of renown or men of shem, meaning men of authority, men of reputation or men of fame. The scholars and preachers, among others, say, that these fallen angels are demons. If that were true, then what about the following scripture?
II Pet 2:4 – For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
The bible says that these angels or what the preachers call fallen angels or demons are cast down to hell and they are chained there til judgment. If they are chained in hell, then how could they possibly be marrying women in Gen 6? So who are the sons of God in Genesis?
It is the believers marrying unbelievers. Plain and simple. All you have to do is do some research and study and poof, you get answers.