You appear to have missed my point about the genealogies. They define the context. One genealogy defines the context as Cain's descendants. The other defines the context as Adam's other descendants. Cain's descendants were already discussed. We are done with them for now. So let's discuss Adam's other descendants. Adam's other descendants, those who remained in the land (on the face of the earth), committed evil with the "sons of gods." Because of this evil, God chose to judge them with a flood that destroyed that land (the face of the earth).
Sons of X and X are used interchangeably throughout Scripture to refer to the same people. Elohim are sometimes rulers. In the New Testament, the sons of God are human rulers, God's people.
In the Old Testament, you and I only know of two places that use the phrase "sons of God (or gods)." We don't even know which of these is the proper rendering.
In one case, these "sons of gods" are having offspring, a very human enterprise. What evidence do we have that angels were capable of having sex and producing offspring? Do you really believe that they were like God and could create men in their own image?
In the other, the "sons of gods" presented themselves before God and were later claimed to have shouted for joy. Starting with Adam in Genesis, I see time and again, men presenting themselves before God. I don't remember seeing angels doing that. What evidence do you have that these "sons of gods" in Job are angels? There is no evidence in the text.
Do you really think that all non-adamic men would be kings? Don't kings usually have subjects?I thought you were telling us that your so-called non-adamic men were the rich and powerful in Gen 6.
Yes, all seem to translate Ps. 49:2 as "Both low (sons of Adam) and high (sons of Iysh), rich and poor together," as a chiasm. The sons of Adam are low and the sons of Iysh are high. But that's not what the Psalm says? The sons of Adam are the high rich ones. The sons of Iysh are the low and poor.
As for other verses, Numbers 23:19, "God is not a Iysh, that He should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that He should repent." Men in general lie. But only men in covenant with God would be expected to repent. The sons of Adam are God's own people.
Job 11:12, "For vain Iysh would be wise, though Adam be born like a wild ass's colt." You can't prove your claim by this verse. All I see here is Zophar calling Job vain, witless, or empty.
Ps 62:9, "Surely the sons of Adam are but a breath, the sons of Iysh are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath." The translators have assumed Iysh means higher status, like they did in Ps. 49, but there's no evidence of it being true here. If there is a difference between Adam and Iysh, the Psalm is addressed to Adam who is accused of murdering Iysh.
Isa 2:9, 11, 17 "So Adam is humbled, and Iysh are brought low--forgive them not! ... The haughty looks of Adam shall be brought low, and the pride of Iysh shall be humbled; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. ... And the haughtiness of Adam shall be humbled, and the pride of Iysh shall be brought low; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day." I certainly don't see a difference of rank here, though some translations seem to believe one exists.
Isa 5:15, "Adam is bowed down, and Iysh are brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled."
Isa 31:7-8, "For in that day Iysh shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of Iysh; and a sword, not of Adam, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor." The Assyrian won't fall from Iysh's sword, nor Adam's sword.
No, I don't see any evidence that Iysh denotes higher status except in the minds of some translators. It's not there in the text. Just the opposite in Ps. 49. In these other passages you listed, they are either different people with equivalent status or the same people, with different names for linguistic effect.
Blessings,
Jeff