Definition of "housefolk"

Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.[original: فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى الْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِ آنَسَ مِن جَانِبِ الطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَعَلِّي آتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ]falammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʔajala wasāra biʔahlihi ʔānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla liʔahlihi mkuṯū ʔinnī ʔānastu nāran laʕallī ʔātīkum mminhā biḵabarin ʔaw jaḏwatin mmina n-nāri laʕallakum taṣṭalūna

1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29