And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them (Gen. 26:17–18). As we continue with our consideration of the activity of the Philistines, I want to show you again that the history of the Church herself