Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 44:18

18 Then Judah came near unto him , and said, O my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Lords ears , and let not thy anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh .

Made a little nearer approach to him, that he might present his humble petiti[illegible: 1+ letters] to him.

In thy hearing: For this phrase doth not necessarily imply that he whispered in his ears, as appears from Numb. 14. 28. Deut. 32. 44. Iudg. 17. 2.

As thou representest his person, so thou art invested with his Majesty and Authority, and therefore thy word is a law, thou canst do with us what thou pleasest, either spare or punish us, and therefore we do justly deprecate thine anger and most humbly intreat thy favourable audience and princely compassion to us.