Clarification about "sons of God" who caused flood?
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I've read two basic answers.
The sons of God were fallen angels (demons) that impregnated women, creating a race of giants. These nephilim are what caused God to finally decide to wipe out an already wicked race* and start over with Noah** and his family.
The sons of God were merely the righteous sons of Seth who intermarried with the (presumably pagan by this time) daughters of Cain. Why this union should produce such noteworthy men (v. 4), and should evidently anger God so, is not clear.
There are no doubt other possible answers but these are the primary ones I'm familiar with.
*v. 7 suggests that ALL flesh the world over - human and animal alike - may have somehow been corrupted, but this is speculative.
**Interestingly, Noah is distinguished as having been "pure in his generations" (v. 9).
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