The Peopling of the Earth

JAVAN

From Javan came the Greeks; for in the Hebrew Daniel 8:21 reads “king of Javan,” 10:20 “prince of Javan,” and 11:2 “realm of Javan,” instead of “king,” “prince,” and “realm” of “Grecia” or “Greece.” The Revised Version gives Javan in the margin of each of these places. POTE 261.4

“This name, or its analogue, is found as a designation of Greece not only in all the Shemitic dialects, but also in the Sanscrit, the Old Persic, and the Egyptian, and the form Iaones appears in Homer as the designation of the early inhabitants of Attica.... The occurrence of the name in the cuneiform inscriptions of the time of Sargon, in the form of Yavnan or Yunan, as descriptive of the isle of Cyprus, where the Assyrians first came in contact with the power of the Greeks, further shows that its use was not confined to the Hebrews, but was widely spread throughout the East.”-McClintock and Strong, article Javan. POTE 261.5

The name of Grecia embraced Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Acarnania, Ætolia, Locris, Doris, Phocis, Bœotia, Eubœa, Attica, Megaris, Corinthia, Achaia, Elis, Arcadia, Argolis, Messene, and Laconia. And this is the country of Javan. Under Alexander the Great the people of Javan spread their empire over all countries from the Adriatic Sea to the River Hyphasis, and their power was recognized by all known nations of the world. Out of Javan, also, went the people who inhabited Italy, and who, under the name of Rome, grew to such power that “to be a Roman was greater than to be a kin and spread their iron empire over all the world. POTE 262.1

The fifth of the sons of Japheth is POTE 262.2