Genesis 28:18
Douay-Rheims
And Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it.
John Chrysostom
Since he had been granted wonderful favors by way of the vision, [Jacob] wished to make the place memorable by a name and to keep the memory fresh for future ages. He set up the stone as a monument, poured oil on it (this, after all, was probably all he had with him, traveling as he was like this), and to the loving God he offered a prayer characterized by complete good sense.
Source details
A.D. 407 · on Gen 28:18 (HOMILIES ON GENESIS 54.23)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.