“神使我喜笑,凡聽見的必與我一同喜笑”,
“God has made laughter for me; every one who hears will laugh over me.”
這裡的“喜笑”是開心的笑,是使所聽聞的人都一起歡欣的笑。
而第9節的”戲笑“並非喜笑,
“撒拉看見埃及人夏甲給亞伯拉罕所生的兒子戲笑,”
“But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.”
這裡的“戲笑”有“嘲笑”,“戲弄”等負面的意思,
隱約可知在以撒斷奶日子的豐盛筵席上,
大以撒14歲的以實瑪利“戲弄”或“嘲笑”了以撒。
所以撒拉有了要亞伯拉罕將使女夏甲和她兒子以實瑪利趕出去的反應。(創 21:10)