2Sa 12:3 | NET2full | STEP | But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired . He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children . It used to eat his food , drink from his cup , and sleep in his arms . It was just like a daughter to him.

‏ 2 Samuel 12:3

3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. ^{▼▼tn Heb “his sons.”} It used to ^{▼▼tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.} eat his food, ^{▼▼tn Heb “from his morsel.”} drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lie.”} It was just like a daughter to him.