John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:6
And when she had opened it ,.... The ark, for it was shut or covered over, though doubtless there were some apertures for respiration: she saw the child in it , and, behold, the babe wept ; and which was a circumstance, it is highly probable, greatly affected the king's daughter, and moved her compassion to it; though an Arabic writer says F16 Patricides apud Hottinger. p 401. , she heard the crying of the child in the ark, and therefore sent for it: and she had compassion on... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 2:5-10
Here is, I. Moses saved from perishing. Come see the place where that great man lay when he was a little child; he lay in a bulrush-basket by the river's side. Had he been left to lie there, he must have perished in a little time with hunger, if he had not been sooner washed into the river or devoured by a crocodile. Had he fallen into any other hands than those he did fall into, either they would not, or durst not, have done otherwise than have thrown him straightway into the river; but... read more