Why does the text announce him (by name), and his wife, and his sons? Because they didn't prevent each other [from abandoning the poor in Beit Lechem and leaving for Moav], [and this was caused by] the stinginess that was in all of them. When a man wants something but his wife and children don't, or the reverse, the decree is banished. But 0n the occasion when not even one individual prevents his friend, the decree falls on her.