Arcana Coelestia #3799
3799. And watered the flock of Laban, his mother’s brother. That this signifies instruction, is evident from the signification of “watering the flock,” as being instruction (concerning which see above, n. 3772). The reason why Laban is here a third time called “his mother’s brother,” is that the origin is pointed out from which came the flock and Rachel, that is to say, from which come the doctrine and the affection of interior truth.
Arcana Coelestia #3772
3772. And watered the flock. That this signifies that the doctrine was thence derived, is evident from the signification of “watering,” or of “giving to drink,” as being to instruct (see n. 3069, 3768); and from the signification of a “flock,” as being those who are in the goods and truths of faith (n. 343, 3767). Thus “to water the flock” is to instruct out of the Word, consequently it is doctrine.