To whom is Hashem speaking?
Ramban (citing the Ibn Ezra): He is saying it, eitheer to Himself or to the angels.
Ramban #2: It refers to Hashem's decision 1 or to His Will to do the following.
Ramban: As in Bereishis, 1:3.
What are the connotations of "Astirah Panai meihem"?
Ramban #1 (citing the Ibn Ezra): It means that Hashem's children will seek Him but they will not find Him. 1
Ramban #2 and Da'as Zekenim: It means that Hashem will remove His Shechinah from them.
Oznayim la'Torah: From Sinai, there desecended upon the nations a hatred toward Yisrael, 2 and it is only on account of Hashem's protection that they are unable to do us harm. Consequently, when we sin, Hashem neeed only to hide His Face from us and we are in mortal danger. 3
Ramban: Like "A'alim Einai Mikem" in Yeshayah, 1:15.
Over and above the hatred that Eisav already had towards Ya'akov.
See Oznayim la'Torah, who elaborates.
What is the meaning of "Er'eh Mah Acharisam"?
Rashi: 'I will see what will happen to them in the end'. 1
Ramban #1 (citing the Ibn Ezra): 'Because I see what they will ultimately do'.
Ramban #2 (citing the Ibn Ezra): 'I see what they will do when they are in trouble'.
Ramban #3: Refer to Bereishis, 18:21:1:3.
Seforno: 'I see that they will do Teshuvah in the end'.
Da'as Zekenim and Rosh: 'After I remove My Shechinah, I will see what will be their end
See Sifsei Chachamim.
What are the connotations of "Ki Dor Tahapuchos Heimah"?
Rashi: It means that they transform My goodwill into anger.
Seforno: It means that they are a generation who changed heart - to turn away from the way of Hashem.
Da'as Zekenim and Rosh: It means that they consider the good that I did for them to be bad. They deny Me and despise my Mitzvos!
Leiv Eliyahu (Sh'mos p.77): It means that they are full of contradictions. They are complacent regarding their own spirituality, but feel that they are deprived of material pleasures. But when it comes to their colleagues, they find blemishes in their spirituality - how much they lack Torah and Yir'as Shamayim, but imagine that the have more than them in the realm of material possessions, and envy them.
Yoma, 83b: R. Meir would Darshen names. When he came across someone called 'Kidor', he concluded that, based on the current Pasuk "Ki Dor Tahapuchos ... ", he must be a Rasha. 1
Refer to 32:21:3:5.
What are the connotations of "Banim Lo Emun bam"?
Rashi #2 (citing Targum Onkelos): 'They are children without Emunah'.
Ramban (according to Kabalah): 'For they do not have a pedagogue or someone to educate them.
Seforno: They did not learn from their fathers anything that is true.
Kidushin, 36a: It teaches us that, even when Yisrael do not do Hashem's Will, they are still called 'His children'. 3
Rashi: As in Esther, 2:7.
Rashi: 'Since I gave them a good education, but they deviated from it.
Why does the Torah switch from the third to the first person?
Ramban: Because until now, it was Moshe who was speaking, whereas from now on it is Hashem.
