Short Excerpt: “This whole passage hangs on exactly one Hebrew phrase, two words and it is 'Bene Elohim'. Who they are is never mentioned after this. Is there any way to understand what was being said? The fact of the matter is there is a way to understand. The actual phrase is used three other times. They're all in the book of Job and they all pertain to angels. They are angelic beings.

They're literally the sons of God as in birthed in heaven by God just as mankind was put on the face of the earth. "

Short Excerpt: The phrase occurs in key passages in Scripture, most notably in Genesis 6 and Job 1–2, as well as in a number of psalms. According to Genesis 6, one precursor for the flood was the intermarriage of the “sons of God” with the “daughters of men.” Although the understanding of this passage is difficult, it seems likely, when taking into account the references to this passage in Jude and 2 Peter, that “sons of God” here refers not to men from the godly line of Seth, but rather to fallen spiritual beings. Thus, Jude 6 and 2 Peter 2:4 appear to be describing the unnatural union of fallen angels and humans.

Short Excerpt: “The ‘sons of God,’ this phrase, the ‘bene Elohim’ or the ‘bene ha Elohim,’ is used everywhere else in scripture that it's found, of supernatural beings, members of the heavenly host. And, you know, everybody accepted that at face value until, you know, the 300s A.D., right up just before the heyday of Augustine.”

Short Excerpt: "To me, it's a no-brainer. You either apply true hermeneutical principles and allow God's Word to interpret itself, or you ignore hermeneutical principles and come up with your own theory, which has no biblical basis."

“[After the flood] they became legends. So that word, Nephilim, became a figure of speech after the flood referring to anyone that was bigger, faster, quicker. We know that because the flood destroyed every man, woman, and child including the offspring of the Fallen Angels and mortal women”

Short Excerpt: “Seth’s descendants were not born of God as Christians are. Nor were any kings or rulers born of God. They also were not adopted into God’s family, since we know that relationship comes only through Jesus. So there is no reason why the sons of Seth would have been referred to as “sons of God.” This eliminates both sons of Seth and kings or rulers as possibilities of who the Genesis 6 sons of God were. So what about fallen angels? They aren’t born of God through Christ. That is true, but there is another meaning to the title “sons of God.” “Sons of God” are direct creations of God. "

“Angels also are a direct creation of God and remember they are called that in Job Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7. Angels would include fallen angels, who were also direct creations of God and at one time served God in Heaven, according to His created purpose…

To further support that “sons of God” are a direct creation of God, Adam is called the son of God (Luke 3:38). Remember, Adam is the only human being who was created from nothing by God. Every person since Adam has been born of a human parent.”

Short Excerpt: “The more I look at Genesis, the more I have become convinced this passage is referring to polygamous rulers who abuse their power and brought condemnation upon humanity."

“If nothing from the Hebrew Bible survived to the present except these four verses, it could hardly be argued that this passage refers to any sort of a union between women and divine beings…"

“The passage could mean the Nephilim were not the direct descendants of the sons of God but simply a group that existed before the transgression of the sons of God.”

Short Excerpt: "We take the view that the sons of God in Genesis 6 were fallen angels who somehow made it with human females resulting in some sort of angelic human hybrid... These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown."