The name of Javan's descendants appears in Assyrian documents as the Iamanu, where we are told that they engaged the Assyrians in a major naval battle during the reign of Sargon II (721-705 B.C.). The Archaemenian inscriptions also refer to them as the Yauna. Homer wrote in the Iliad that Iowones (Hebrew Iawan) was the father of the Ionians (Greek Iones); a nation that was later famed in the old world for the high quality of their yarn and bronze vessels. The Hebrews knew the Greek races as the Jevanim (Iewanim). (Internet: www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation01.htm) He is the ancestor of the Borneo's.
Japheth was the eldest son of Noah, and his descendents were despersed over the European coasts of the Mediterranean and districts adjoining the Black and Caspian Seas, forming what is now called the Indo-European Family of Nations. He had fifteen sons, dividing his share of Europe and Aisa among them.
Literally the progenitor of many nations, all the Indo-European peoples, in fact. (Internet: www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation01.htm)
He is the ancestor of the Greeks and Italics.
The name of Javan's descendants appears in Assyrian documents as the Iamanu, where we are told that they engaged the Assyrians in a major naval battle during the reign of Sargon II (721-705 B.C.). The Archaemenian inscriptions also refer to them as the Yauna. Homer wrote in the Iliad that Iowones (Hebrew Iawan) was the father of the Ionians (Greek Iones); a nation that was later famed in the old world for the high quality of their yarn and bronze vessels. The Hebrews knew the Greek races as the Jevanim (Iewanim). (Internet: www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation01.htm) He is the ancestor of the Borneo's.
Japheth was the eldest son of Noah, and his descendents were despersed over the European coasts of the Mediterranean and districts adjoining the Black and Caspian Seas, forming what is now called the Indo-European Family of Nations. He had fifteen sons, dividing his share of Europe and Aisa among them.
Literally the progenitor of many nations, all the Indo-European peoples, in fact. (Internet: www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation01.htm)