## came near to ##

"approached"

## let your servant ##

Judah refers to himself as "your servant." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with more authority. Alternate tranlsation: "let me, your servant"

## speak a word in my lord’s ears ##

"speak to you, my lord" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## do let your anger burn against your servant ##

"please do not be angry with me, your servant." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## for you are just like Pharaoh ##

"for you are as powerful as Pharaoh" or "for you are equal to Pharaoh"

## My lord asked his servants ##

Judah refers to Joseph with the words "my lord" and "his." He also refers to himself and his brothers as "his servants." Alternate translation: "You, my lord, asked us, your servants" or "You asked us"