Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe, to the Nile... She opened the basket, and she saw him the child, and behold, he was a weeping lad, and she had compassion on him, and she said, "This is one of the children of the Hebrews." (2:6)
Yocheved hid Moshe from the Egyptians. After that time, she can no longer hide him, so she places him in a basket and puts it in the River Nile. The Torah then tells us that Moshe’s sister, Miriam, remains standing at the Nile to see what would happen to Moshe.
There is an interesting insight which occurred to me: It seems that the Egyptians went searching the homes looking for any male babies. Any normal child cries when he needs something. If so, how was it that the Egyptians weren’t able to hear when Moshe was crying and not able to locate his hiding place? The same question occurred to me, after Miriam placed Moshe in the River Nile, it would have been obvious that a child would cry, which is a question what was the purpose of placing a child where he would be noticed and be put to death? The answer might be that we see the Posuk states when Pharaoh's daughter opened the basket, and she saw him the child, d ¤k A x ©r©p "d¥P ¦d §e" and behold, he was a weeping lad. This word "d¥P ¦d §e" tells the powerful point. Hashem intended that Moshe be the leader of the Jews, and to redeem them from the exile. Therefore, Hashem made a miracle that Moshe would never cry at home, and that is why Yocheved was able to hide Moshe for three months. When Miriam placed Moshe in the River Nile, he didn’t cry. Yet, when Pharaoh's daughter opened the basket, Hashem made Moshe cry, which this cry caused Pharaoh's daughter to have mercy on him, and she was willing to raise him as her own child.
(Yehuda Z. Klitnick)
