Food in Genesis

Here are the Lutheran Study Bible notes on the verses in question, which fit with what I have seen before:

6:2 sons of God. Godly believers, Sethites, through whom the promised Messiah would come (3:15). Some interpreters have considered the “sons of God” angels, based on the expression in Jb 38:7. However, such a conclusion directly contradicts Jesus’ teaching about the nature of angels (Mt 22:30) and Moses’ teaching about “kinds” (see here). daughters of man. Godless unbelievers, Cainites. any they chose. The “sons of God” looked longingly upon Sethite and Cainite women, interested only in the attractive ones.
6:3 My Spirit shall not abide. Despite the presence of God’s Spirit, people’s conduct continually demonstrated that they were weak and sinful. flesh. Hbr basar; usually means musculature of a body. Here it is contrasted with the uncreated and divine Spirit, which lasts forever. People had degenerated to the point of being mere flesh. See here.
6:4 Nephilim. Thugs, tyrants. sons of God. See note, v 2. mighty men . . . the men of renown. First nobility of the world was a group of tyrants, who were admired nonetheless. They were sinners ripe for judgment in God’s eyes.


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