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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"