And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Ver. 14. And Jacob set up a pillar.] Or, Had set up a pillar, had poured a drink offering, &c., - to wit, Genesis 28:18,19. And now he either repeats it in the presence, and for the edification of his family; or else he repairs the pillar now ruinated, and new consecrates it, by the old name Bethel.