Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:18
They dwelt from Chavilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Ashshur; over against all his brothers he fell.
Rashi on Genesis 25:18.
Sefaria — Rashi on Genesis 25:18
English: “He fell” — he dwelt, as in “Midian and Amalek and the children of the east were falling in the valley.” Here it uses the language of falling; elsewhere it says “he shall dwell over against all his brothers” — in his father’s lifetime he dwells; after his father’s death he falls.
Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Parallel wording (“dwell” vs. “fall”) is read as chronological contrast.
Yishmael’s secure dwelling among his brothers held during Avraham’s life; after the Patriarch’s death the text shifts to “falling,” signaling a diminished position.