Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 50:7

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh , the Elders of his house , and all the Elders of the land of Egypt.

(i. e.) A great number of them, as that word is understood, Matth. 3. 5. and oft elsewhere. For many of them were aged and infirm, and many could not be spared from their attendance at Court, or upon their employments, &c.

Courtiers of an inferiour rank.

The chief Officers and under him Governours of his Family and Counsels, who used to reside at or near the Court.

The great Officers Civil and Military, whose places of habitation and command were dispersed in the several parts of the Land.