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Inside Jewish mythology, Javan (Hebrew יָוָן, Standard Hebrew Yavan, Tiberian Hebrew Yāwān) was a 4th boy of Noah's third son Japheth. He was believed to keep around been a primogenitor of the Greeks through his sons Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim; "Ionia" was said to have been from either his title, & a Greek united states was referred to as "Javan" in the Eastern Mediterranean. (Greek mythology traces the title "Ionia" to Ionas, a boy of Apollo.)
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Genesis 10:2
[http://latter-rain.com/ot/gene.htm Old Testament Genealogy]
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