There are three accounts of the Creation in the scriptures: Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3 (which is the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis 1–2); and Abraham 4–5. This study guide provides help with studying the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis but refers to Abraham for additional insight.Some people believe that the earth was created by chance and that mankind came about by the accidental combining of the right elements over millions of years. In response, one writer said:“When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves into a house—when you can empty a handful of springs and wheels and screws on my desk, and let me see them gather themselves into a watch—it will [then] be easier for me to believe that all these thousands of worlds could have been created, balanced, and set in motion in their several orbits, all without any designing intelligence at all.“Moreover, if there is no intelligence in the universe, then the universe created something greater than itself—for it created you and me” (Bruce Barton in E. Ernest Bramwell, comp. Old Testament Lessons [1934 seminary course], 4).As you read, decide what you think Moses was trying to say in Moses 2 (Genesis 1) about the creation of man and all things on earth and in heaven.