1)
Why does it mention Esav, but Yishmael was not mentioned?
1.
Radak (3): Yishmael was born to a Shifchah, and Hashem told Avraham to expel him.
2)
Why does it mention giving Har Se'ir to Esav?
1.
Malbim: It was proper for him (he absorbed the filth).
3)
Why does it mention descending to Egypt?
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Malbim: That was the smelting pot to refine Yisrael amidst the harsh slavery, to enable putting Shechinah on the entire nation, constantly.
